Arunachal Pradesh CM Pema Khandu tests COVID-19 positive

Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu on Tuesday said he has tested positive for the coronavirus. Taking to Twitter, Khandu said he is asymtomatic and requested people who came in contact with him to adhere to the SOP.

"I had undergone Covid test RT-PCR and have tested positive for Covid19. I am asymptomatic and feeling healthy. However as per SOP and safety of others, I am self isolating myself and request everyone who came in



contact with me to adhere to the SOP," he said.

The COVID-19 tally in Arunachal Pradesh rose to 6,298 as 176 more people, including nine security personnel, have tested positive for the disease, an official said on Tuesday.

The death toll rose to 11 in the northeastern state after a 50-year-old man, who was working at a primary health centre near here, succumbed to the infection, State Surveillance Officer Dr L Jampa said.