Union sports minister Kiren Rijiju has tested positive for the Covid-19. The 49-year-old politician from Arunachal Pradesh said that he has tested positive for the virus but is feeling “fit and fine”.

After getting repeated test for Covid-19, today my report has come out positive. I'm taking the advice of the Doctors. I request all those who have come in my contact recently to be observant, exercise self-quarantine and get themselves tested. I'm physically fit and fine.

— Kiren Rijiju (@KirenRijiju) April 17, 2021

Rijiju was in Uttarakhand on Friday to inaugurate a Water Sports and Adventure Institute in Tehri.

India is witnessing an unprecedented surge in COVID-19 cases with 2, 34,692 fresh infections being reported in the country on Tuesday, the biggest daily spike so far.