COVID: Himachal Pradesh Cong legislature party leader quarantines self at home

Journalist-turned-politician Mukesh Agnihotri on Monday quarantined himself after coming into contact with a coronavirus positive person.

Shimla: Himachal Pradesh Congress Legislative Party leader Mukesh Agnihotri has quarantined himself at his home over fears that he may have come in contact with a COVID-positive person.

Journalist-turned-politician Agnihotri wrote a post on Facebook about this around 12.45 am on Tuesday. In the post written in Hindi, he said he might have come in contact with a COVID-19-positive person while discharging his duties as a public representative.

"Though social distance was maintained and I am feeling fully healthy, I am quarantining myself at my home till further information," Agnihotri said in the post.

Meanwhile, according to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Himachal Pradesh on Tuesday recorded 174 active cases of coronavirus with seven deaths so far.

PTI report