Patherkandi MLA, BJP's Krishnendu Paul tests COVID positive

Patherkandi MLA, Krishnendu Paul has tested COVID positive.

Sources in Silchar Medical College and Hospital confirmed the news to Barak Bulletin.

Officials in the Karimganj Health Department said his swab samples were collected under the Assam Targeted Surveillance Programme.

47-years-old Krishnendu Paul is a BJP legislator who was elected as an MLA in 2016 assembly elections.

Sources in MLA’s office said, the MLA’s condition is stable and he will follow the procedure like other patients. His family members suspect that as the MLA has been visiting the quarantine centres and the hospital, he might have got infected while in those areas.

Karimganj DC Anbamuthan MP has informed that the MLA is currently at Karimganj Civil hospital and his family has been put under home quarantine. He added that contact tracing will be conducted and if necessary the health department will collect swab samples of those who came in contact with the MLA. He also said that social distancing was maintained in all the events the MLA attended recently.