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TMC MP Derek O'Brien, former Goa CM Luizinho Faleiro test COVID-19 positive

India Blooms News Service | @indiablooms | Dec 28, 2021, at 06:05 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: Two Trinamool Congress (TMC) leaders, Derek O'Brien and Luizinho Faleiro, have tested positive for COVID-19.

O'Brien, a Rajya Sabha MP, tweeted, "Have tested positive for #COVID. Moderate symptoms. Isolating at home. If you have come into contact with me in the last three days, and have symptoms, please seek medical advice. (Was always ultra-careful. Yet.)."

Have tested positive for #COVID

Moderate symptoms. Isolating at home.

If you have come into contact with me in the last three days, and have symptoms, please seek medical advice.

(Was always ultra-careful. Yet.) #MaskUpIndia
— Derek O'Brien | ডেরেক ও'ব্রায়েন (@derekobrienmp) December 28, 2021

Faleiro, a former Goa Chief Minister, tweeted, "I have tested positive for #COVID19 and am isolating myself as per doctor’s advice. Request all those who came in contact with me the past few days to get themselves tested as a precautionary measure. Stay safe!"

I have tested positive for #COVID19 and am isolating myself as per doctor’s advice.
Request all those who came in contact with me the past few days to get themselves tested as a precautionary measure. Stay safe!
— Luizinho Faleiro (@luizinhofaleiro) December 28, 2021

Earlier in the day, Indian cricket board president Sourav Ganguly was admitted to a private hospital after testing positive for coronavirus.

#COVID19 #DerekOBrien #LuizinhoFaleiro #TMC #SouravGanguly

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