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AAP MLA, brother test COVID positive

New Delhi, May 1 (IANS) Vishesh Ravi, an Aam Aadmi Party MLA from the Karol Bagh constituency here, was tested COVID positive on Friday along with his brother.

The MLA went for a coronavirus test on Wednesday.

“The results came positive today,” he told IANS.

The MLA, an asymptomatic case, said he went for the test as a precaution.

The source of his infection has not been traced so far.

On getting the infection, he said being an MLA, he needs to move around the constituency and meet a lot of people.

The contacts of the MLA, serving a third term in office, are being traced.

This is the first case in Delhi when an MLA has tested positive for COVID-19.

–IANS

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