COVID-19: Chief Ministers who successfully fought the virus

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday went into self-isolation after several officers in the Chief Minister's Office tested positive for COVID-19. The CM said as a precautionary measure, he is isolating himself. The development came on a day when Uttar Pradesh recorded its highest-ever single-day spike of 18,021 COVID-19 cases along with 85 deaths.

Today we look at some of the chief ministers who tested positive for the COVID-19 virus and fought it out bravely and are now once again serving the people with full zest.

This month itself, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan tested COVID-19 positive. Though he did not show any major symptoms, he was shifted to Kozhikode medical college hospital as a precautionary measure.

The diagnosis comes during the ongoing Assembly elections in the state. Over the last few days, Vijayan extensively travelled across the state as part of the election campaign.

Six-time former Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh Virbhadra Singh, 86, tested positive for COVID-19 this Monday.

Last month Uttarakhand Chief Minister Tirath Singh Rawat tested COVID-19 positive. Rawat visited Haridwar thrice after becoming the chief minister and mingled with huge crowds of pilgrims and ascetics, with hardly anyone following COVID-19 norms. Tirath Singh Rawat had said that faith will overcome the fear of the virus.

This month itself, Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb said that he had tested positive for COVID-19 and that he has isolated himself at home as per the advice of doctors. 

The announcement came 72 hours after the state government adopted a set of steps to stop the transmission of COVID-19. Chief Minister Deb was actively campaigning for the ongoing ADC polls during the last few weeks.

In February, this year Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani tested positive for COVID-19, a day after he fainted on a stage while addressing a municipal election rally in Vadodara.

After he collapsed CM Rupani was given first aid at the venue, and then rushed to Ahmedabad in a chartered flight and was admitted to the UN Mehta Hospital in the Civil Hospital campus.

National Conference (NC) leader Omar Abdullah last week tested positive for the deadly virus. The former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister took to Twitter to share an update about his heath, saying that he is 'completely asymptotic'. Omar Abdullah is self-isolating at home.