Bengaluru: Five more congressional officials, including M Malikarjun Kharge and M Veerappa Moony, who participated in the inauguration of in the January 9, has been tested positively Covid-19.
Kharge, who is the opposition leader at Rajya Sabha, said in a statement issued by his office that he did not show symptoms and in house isolation.
Although fully vaccinated, he has not fulfilled the requirements for the prudential dosage, which requires a nine-month gap from the date of the second jab.
Five staff, including his secretary at Delhi’s office, was also tested positive.
Moony tweeted on Wednesday night: “Tonight, I tested positive for Covid-19.
While I experienced symptoms (coughing and fever), I was grateful to be fully vaccinated, which protected me from a more severe disease.
I was under house quarantine and Ask everyone who recently relates to me to be tested.
“The Interior Minister Araga Jnanendra said he had information that three other congressional officials, including former MLA Mallajamma, who participated in the diayatra, had been tested positive now.
“More functionaries of congress may be infected because they do not take any precautions during the inauguration of inyatra,” he added.