{"id":289442,"date":"2020-12-05T14:17:46","date_gmt":"2020-12-05T13:17:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/?p=289442"},"modified":"2020-12-05T14:18:30","modified_gmt":"2020-12-05T13:18:30","slug":"indian-minister-tests-positive-after-getting-covid-19-vaccine-trial-dose","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/?p=289442","title":{"rendered":"Indian minister tests positive after getting COVID-19 vaccine trial dose"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\nHealth Minister of the northern Indian state of Haryana Anil Vij, who was given a trial dose of a Coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine in November, tested positive for the virus on Saturday.
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\nVij, who is the holding charge of several ministries including health, said on Twitter that he had contracted the virus.
\nHe urged people, who came in contact with him in recent days to undergo a test.
\n\u201cI have been tested COVID-19 positive.
\n\u201cI am admitted in civil hospital Ambala cantonment.
\n\u201cAll those who have come in close contact to me are advised to get themselves tested for COVID-19,\u201d Vij wrote.
\nIn November, 67-year-old Vij was administered a trial dose of a COVID-19 vaccine as part of the third phase trial of Bharat Biotech\u2019s Covaxin.
\nHe had earlier announced that he would be the first volunteer in his state for the vaccine.
\nHaryana state has so far reported 240,841 cases of COVID-19 and 2,539 related deaths.
\nOn Saturday morning, the federal health ministry said the number of COVID-19 cases in the country has reached 9,608,211 and the death toll has risen to 139,700.
\nIndia is in the grip of the ongoing COVID-19 and globally it is the second worst-hit country by the pandemic.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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