Sports minister Kiren Rijiju tests positive for Covid-19

Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju on Saturday said that he has tested positive for Covid-19 but is feeling "fit and fine".

The 49-year-old wrote on his Twitter, requesting all those who have come in his contact with him recently to be observant, exercise self-quarantine and get tested.

Rijiju was in Uttarakhand on Friday to inaugurate a Water Sports and Adventure Institute in Tehri.

State chief minister Tirath Singh Rawat, who recovered recently from the dreaded infection, was with him at the inauguration ceremony.