{"id":181491,"date":"2022-01-11T02:35:00","date_gmt":"2022-01-10T21:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/?p=181491"},"modified":"2022-01-11T02:35:00","modified_gmt":"2022-01-10T21:05:00","slug":"mein-gao-test-positive-for-covid-dcm-advises-primary-contacts-to-isolate-get-tested","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/2022\/01\/11\/mein-gao-test-positive-for-covid-dcm-advises-primary-contacts-to-isolate-get-tested\/","title":{"rendered":"Mein, Gao test positive for Covid; DCM advises primary contacts to isolate, get tested"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Staff Reporter<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>ITANAGAR, 10 Jan:<\/strong> Deputy Chief Minister Chowna Mein and Member of Parliament Tapir Gao have tested positive for Covid-19.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In a tweet, the DCM on Monday afternoon informed that he got tested for Covid through RAT and was found positive.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;I have got mild symptoms but doing well with no other problem. I request all those who came into contact with me in the last few days to isolate themselves and get their Covid test done,&#8221; he wrote.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Earlier, on 8 January, the DCM had informed that he had come into close contact with Transport Secretary Dani Salu, who had tested Covid positive a day earlier.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;I had a meeting with him (Salu) yesterday morning and evening and also on tour with him since 4 January. So, those who had come into contact with him or me since last 5-6 days may please get your Covid test done,&#8221; Mein had tweeted.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">As a precautionary measure, Mein was in home isolation since 8 January.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Gao, who tested Covid positive through RAT, is currently under quarantine.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A few days ago, Mein had chaired a joint meeting of the Core Committee on Unsung Heroes of Arunachal Pradesh and Rajiv Gandhi University, with Salu, RGU VC Prof Saket Kushwaha and others attending the meeting.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The DCM and the MP had also been on a three-day tour to Taksing in Upper Subansiri district, along with Chief Minister Pema Khandu, Rajya Sabha member from Gujarat Jugal Thakor, a few MLAs and some government officials.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Staff Reporter ITANAGAR, 10 Jan: Deputy Chief Minister Chowna Mein and Member of Parliament Tapir Gao have tested positive for Covid-19. In a tweet, the DCM on Monday afternoon informed that he got tested for Covid through RAT and was found positive. &#8220;I have got mild symptoms but doing well with no other problem. I [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-181491","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-state-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181491","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=181491"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181491\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=181491"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=181491"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=181491"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}