BJP MP Sunny Deol tests positive for COVID-19

Actor turned politician, Sunny Deol has tested positive for COVID-19. The actor was recovering from a shoulder injury at a farmhouse near Manali in Kullu district.

Shimla (Himachal Pradesh): Bollywood actor and BJP MP from Gurdaspur Sunny Deol has tested positive for COVID-19, the Himachal Pradesh health secretary said on Tuesday.

Deol has been staying in Kullu district for some days, Health Secretary Amitabh Awasthi said.

The health secretary said that according to information received from the district chief medical officer, the MP and his friends were planning to leave for Mumbai, but his COVID-19 test result came out positive on Tuesday.

After the advice of the doctors, Sunny has quarantined himself in Shimla.

The 64-year-old Bollywood actor had undergone a shoulder surgery at Mumbai and was recuperating at a farmhouse near Manali in Kullu district.

With inputs from PTI