Uttarakhand Speaker goes into self-quarantine

Uttarakhand Assembly Speaker Premchand Aggarwal on Saturday quarantined himself after he heard about state BJP president Bansidhar Bhagat testing positive for COVID-19. Aggarwal was in touch with Bhagat two days ago, his PRO Tajendra Negi said.

The Speaker will undergo a coronavirus test a couple of days later but has gone into self-isolation as a precautionary measure, Negi said. He will take up work as advised by doctors after his report arrives, he said.