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Image Credit: Harsimrat Kaur Badal Twitter Handle

Former Union Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal tests positive for Covid-19

| @indiablooms | Apr 16, 2021, at 06:03 pm

New Delhi/UNI: Former Union Minister and Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader Harsimrat Kaur Badal on Friday said that she has tested positive for Novel Coronavirus.

The former union food processing industries minister took to Twitter to share the information.

"Dear all, I've tested positive for #COVID19 today with mild symptoms. I have quarantined myself at home and am taking all the necessary precautions," she said in a tweet.

Bhatinda Lok Sabha MP also requested people who came to her contact to get themselves isolated and tested at the earliest.

Last month, her husband and Ferozepur MP Sukhbir Singh Badal had also tested positive for Covid-19.

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