Congress leader Sanjay Jha tests positive for coronavirus

NEW DELHI:

Senior Congress leader

and spokesperson Sanjay Jha on Friday said that he has tested positive for the coronavirus.


Taking to Twitter, he informed that he has tested positive for the infection for which he was

asymptomatic

. He added that he will be under home quarantine for the next 10-12 days.

Saying that we are all "vulnerable", Jha appealed to the people to not underestimate the transmission risks.

"I have tested positive for Covid_19 . As I am asymptomatic I am in home quarantine for the next 10-12 days. Please don’t underestimate transmission risks, we are all vulnerable. Do take care all," he wrote on Twitter.


Just minutes after his Twitter post, hundreds of people, including leaders from different parties, wished the Jha a speedy recovery.

The Congress leader's tweet came on a day when India has reported 6,088 Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of coronavirus cases to 118,447 in the country.