Union Minister Smriti Irani recovers from COVID-19

New Delhi: Union Minister Smriti Irani has tested negative for Covid-19, she tweeted on Thursday.

“I have tested negative for COVID. Would like to extend my grateful thanks to everyone for their good wishes and prayers,” Smriti Irani said in a tweet.

I have tested negative for COVID. Would like to extend my grateful thanks to everyone for their good wishes & prayers.

— Smriti Z Irani (@smritiirani) November 12, 2020

The MP from Uttar Pradesh’s Amethi had tested positive for the infection on October 28. She had requested those who came in her contact to undergo a COVID test at the earliest.

Irani had been actively participating in the election rally for Bihar and Bypoll Gujarat before she tested positive.

On October 24, she had addressed a rally at Gujarat’s Vadodara and Bihar’s Bikram area while on October 26, she had addressed a rally in Bodh Gaya for the Bihar Assembly election.