Kerala CM Vijayan tests COVID negative; discharged from hospital

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan was discharged from the hospital after testing negative for COVID-19. He was hospitalised after testing positive on April 8.

Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan was discharged from the hospital after testing negative for COVID-19 on Wednesday.

Meanwhile, his predecessor Oommen Chandy continues to be positive, while Speaker P. Sreeramakrishnan was moved out from the ICU after his condition improved.

Both Vijayan and Chandy had tested positive on April 8 and while the former was admitted to the Kozhikode Medical College hospital, the latter is convalescing at a private hospital in the state capital. Chandy had a gall bladder ailment and is being closely monitored at the hospital.

Speaker Sreeramakrishnan is admitted to the Medical College hospital in Thiruvananthapuram.

The CM's daughter and her husband also tested negative, but his wife Kamala Vijayan tested positive and since she is asymptomatic, she will take a rest at their Kannur residence.

There has been a spike in COVID cases in the state since the past one week and the authorities have come out with strict protocols to contain the spread.

(With inputs from IANS)