New Delhi: Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh tested positive for COVID-19. He was admitted to All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) here with a mild fever Monday afternoon. Manmohan Singh, 88, has been admitted to the AIIMS trauma centre. It is a dedicated COVID-19 facility, sources said. They informed his condition is stable. They said Singh had a mild fever in the morning and later tested positive for COVID-19. A team of doctors are monitoring his condition. It should be stated here that Singh had taken both the doses of COVID-19 vaccine.
Wishes for the speedy recovery of the Congress veteran poured in following his hospitalisation.
“Wishing you a speedy recovery. India needs your guidance and advice in this difficult time,” former Congress president Rahul Gandhi tweeted.
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Former Union Minister P Chidambaram, Chief Ministers Ashok Gehlot, Amarinder Singh and Mamata Banerjee, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav, BJP leader Himanta Biswa Sarma, TDP chief Chandrababu Naidu and several other leaders expressed concern over Singh’s health. They prayed for his quick recovery.
“My prayers are with Manmohan Singh ji and his family today, and my deepest respect. May he fight this scourge with all his might and get well soon,” Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra said on Twitter
Banerjee said, “Just got the news that former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Ji has tested positive for COVID. Sir, our thoughts and prayers for a speedy and full recovery.”