Haryana health minister Anil Vij tests positive, days after getting trial dose of COVID-19 vaccine

Haryana Health Minister Anil Vij has tested positive for COVID-19 and has been admitted to Civil Hospital, Ambala Cantt. This comes 15 days after he was administered a trial dose of COVID-19 vaccine Covaxin.

Taking to Twitter on Saturday, Vij (67), who is also the state's home minister, urged all those who had come in contact with him recently to get tested.

"I have been tested Corona positive. I am admitted in Civil Hospital Ambala Cantt. All those who have come in close contact with me are advised to get themselves tested for corona (sic)," he tweeted.

I have been tested Corona positive. I am admitted in Civil Hospital Ambala Cantt. All those who have come in close contact to me are advised to get themselves tested for corona.

— ANIL VIJ MINISTER HARYANA (@anilvijminister) December 5, 2020

Earlier on November 20, he was administered a trial dose of Covaxin at the same hospital. Vij had offered to be the first volunteer in the phase three trials for the potential coronavirus vaccine Covaxin.

#WATCH Haryana Health Minister Anil Vij being administered a trial dose of #Covaxin, at a hospital in Ambala.

He had offered to be the first volunteer for the third phase trial of Covaxin, which started in the state today. pic.twitter.com/xKuXWLeFAB

— ANI (@ANI) November 20, 2020

"I will be administered trial dose of Coronavirus vaccine #Covaxin a Bharat Biotech product Tomorrow at 11 am at Civil Hospital, Ambala Cantt under the expert supervision of a team of  Doctors from PGI Rohtak and Health Department. I have volunteered to take the trial dose," Vij had tweeted on November 19.

I Will be administered trial dose of Coronavirus vaccine #Covaxin a Bharat Biotech product Tomorrow at 11 am at Civil Hospital, Ambala Cantt under the expert supervision of a team of Doctors from PGI Rohtak and Health Department. I have volunteered to take the trial dose.

— ANIL VIJ MINISTER HARYANA (@anilvijminister) November 19, 2020

Vij is a senior leader of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and is a legislator from Ambala Cantt assembly constituency.

India recorded 36,652 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours. The overall COVID-19 cases reached 96,08,211, including 4,09,689 active cases and 90,58,822 recoveries.