Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao tested positive for COVID-19 an official release from Chief Secretary Somesh Kumar said on Monday.

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“Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao tested positive for COVID-19. He has mild symptoms. He has been advised isolation and is staying at his farmhouse. A team of doctors is monitoring his health,” Somesh Kumar said in a release.

On April 14, the Chief Minister had addressed a massive election rally at Halia in Nalgonda District, about 140 km from here for Nagarjuna Sagar bypoll, which went for the polls on April 17.