FORMER PM MANMOHAN TESTS COVID +VE, HOSPITALISED
NEW DELHI: Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh tested positive for Covid-19 and was admitted to All India Institute of Medical Sciences here with a mild fever on Monday.
Singh, 88, has been admitted to the AIIMS trauma centre, which is a dedicated Covid facility, people familiar with the matter said, adding that his condition is stable. They said Singh had a mild fever in the morning and later tested positive for Covid-19. The doctors are monitoring his condition.
Singh has been administered both the doses of the Covid-19 vaccine.
Wishes for the speedy recovery of the Congress veteran poured in following his hospitalisation.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi also wished good health and a speedy recovery to Singh. “Wishing our former Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh Ji good health and a speedy recovery,” Modi tweeted.
“Wishing you a speedy recovery. India needs your guidance and advice in this difficult time,” former Congress president Rahul Gandhi tweeted.
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.
“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 PM Manmohan Singh Ji has tested positive...our thoughts and prayers for a speedy and full recovery”.