Puri MLA Jayanta Sarangi tests positive for Covid-19

Puri: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA from Puri in Odisha , Jayanta Kumar Sarangi has tested positive for COVID-19.

The BJP legislator, in his Facebook post late last night, announced that he has tested positive for COVID-19 and is home quarantined. He also requested those who have come in contact with him in the last few days to isolate themselves and get tested.

“Today my covid-19 test results got positive. I am now under home quarantine. I am requesting all those who have come in contact with me to do their covid test and isolate themselves,” the MLA wrote in his Facebook post.

https://www.facebook.com/jayantakumarsarangi/posts/5078993972126094

So far, at least seven Ministers of Naveen Patnaik Govt and over 20 MLAs in the state have tested positive for coronavirus.