Arvind Kejriwal isolates at home after he tests positive for COVID-19, a day after his Uttarakhand rally

Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday took to Twitter to announce that he has tested positive for COVID-19 and isolated himself at home.

I have tested positive for Covid. Mild symptoms. Have isolated myself at home. Those who came in touch wid me in last few days, kindly isolate urself and get urself tested

— Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) January 4, 2022

The news comes a day after the Delhi chief minister participated in a rally in Dehradun, Uttarakhand. The development comes amid rising coronavirus cases in the national capital. The Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) is expected to consider more restrictions  to arrest the spread of the infection in its meeting scheduled on Tuesday. Delhi added 4,099 new COVID-19 cases with positivity rate jumping to 6.46 percent in the past 24 hours, as per the city government’s health bulletin on Monday. Meanwhile, Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra is also in home isolation after a member of her family and one of her staff members tested positive for COVID-19 on Sunday. She tweeted:

A member of my family and one of my staff have tested positive for COVID-19 yesterday.

I have tested negative today however the doctor has advised that I remain isolated and test again after a few days.

— Priyanka Gandhi Vadra (@priyankagandhi) January 3, 2022

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