Maharashtra minister Aslam Shaikh tests coronavirus positive

    Mumbai, Jul 20 (PTI) Maharashtra minister Aslam Shaikh
on Monday said he has tested positive for coronavirus and is
isolating himself.
    The state textile minister said he is currently
asymptomatic and urged those who came in close contact with
him to get themselves tested.
    This is to inform that Ive tested positive for
#COVID19. Im currently asymptomatic and isolating myself. I
request all those who have come in close contact with me to
get themselves tested, Shaikh, who is also Mumbai City's
guardian minister, tweeted.
    Shaikh, the Congress MLA from Malad-West seat in
Mumbai, also said he will continue to work from home.
    He is the fourth minister in the Uddhav Thackeray
government to have been infected by the novel coronavirus.
    Earlier, state ministers Jitendra Awhad, Ashok Chavan
and Dhananjay Munde had tested positive for the disease and
later recovered. PTI ENM
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