Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Farooq Abdullah, who recently tested positive for COVID-19, has been hospitalised for better monitoring, reported PTI quoting his his son Omar Abdullah.

Omar tweeted, “Based on the advice of doctors to enable them to better monitor my father, he has been admitted to hospital in Srinagar. Our family remains grateful to everyone for their messages of support & their prayers.”

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On March 30, Omar tweeted about his father being infected with the virus. He wrote, “My father has tested positive for COVID-19 & is showing some symptoms. I will be self-isolating along with other family members until we get ourselves tested. I request anyone who has come in to contact with us over the last few days to take all the mandated precautions.”