Thiruvananthapuram: The health condition of former chief minister
VS Achuthanandan, who tested positive for Covid-19, is getting better, said doctors.
He was given monoclonal antibody treatment and his condition is stable now. According to the treating doctors, even though he had a slight fever, no other complications have been reported. However, his wife has also tested positive now.
Achuthanandan had tested positive on Thursday and was shifted to a private hospital. His wife tested positive the next day.
Achuthanandan has been under quarantine for some time and no visitors were allowed to meet him. However, the home nurse who was caring for him tested positive first, and from the nurse, Achuthanandan is learnt to have acquired the infection.
His son, V A Arunkumar, said in a social media post, “Father is recovering, but he is still continuing in the hospital. Yesterday evening, my mother also tested positive.”