Gujarat Chief Minister will self-isolate for at least a week after a Congress MLA who attended a meeting with him on Tuesday tested positive for coronavirus later.
The chief minister was tested for the virus on Wednesday, and officials said said he has not displayed any symptoms till now. Rupani has cancelled all the meetings scheduled for the next week and will run the state government through videoconferencing, they said.
Congress MLA Imran Khedawala had tested positive for coronavirus on Tuesday evening, said Deputy Municipal Commissioner Om Prakash Machra. The MLA from the Khadia-Jamalpur seat of Ahmedabad will be admitted to a designated COVID-19 hospital soon, he said.
Khedawala, along with some other Congress MLAs, was present in the meeting with Rupani held at the CM's official residence in Gandhinagar.
As more and more positive cases are emerging from Ahmedabad's hotspot or cluster areas in the fortified area, health authorities have intensified the surveillance and testing in these areas. The state government on Tuesday imposed a week-long curfew in the area
There are six areas from the fortified city which are come under the hotspot -- Shahpur, Kalupur, Jamalpur-Khadia, Gaikwad Haveli and Dariyapur. Danilii, an area outside Ahmedabad, is also under the curfew.
Due to the rapid rise in number of positive cases cropping up in these areas, the local legislators are trying their best to convince the people to co-operate with the health authorities for the surveillance and testing.
Khedawala was also in touch with the people in his constituency, trying to convince people to cooperate. Apart from Rupani, Khedawala had also met Minister of State for Home, Pradeepsinh Jadeja. According to sources, the meetings took place while maintaining social distancing norms. Khedawala had also interacted with the media thereafter.
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