MLA from Puducherry tests Covid-19 positive; CM request ministers to self quarantine

Chennai | Saturday | 25th July, 2020

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A spokesman of the Assembly secretariat said all the legislators of the territorial Assembly would be screened as a precautionary measure today.

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All India N.R.

Congress (AINRC) MLA, N S J Jayabal has tested positive for the Covid-19 virus.

After this, Puducherry Chief Minister V Narayanasamy has requested the union territory`s speaker Sivakozhundhu, ministers and MLAs to self-quarantine for seven days.

N S J Jayabal had participated in the proceedings of Puducherry legislative assembly for the past three days.

A spokesman of the Assembly secretariat said all the legislators of the territorial Assembly would be screened as a precautionary measure today.

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