BJP leader and MP Manoj Tiwari on Sunday tweeted saying Home Minister Amit Shah had tested negative for coronavirus but deleted the tweet soon after. The Home Ministry in a clarification later said that no Covid test was conducted on Shah.

Shah tested positive for COVID-19 nearly a week ago and was admitted to Medanta hospital in Haryana's Gurugram, near Delhi.

The process of contact tracing was carried out and anyone who came in contact with the Home Minister was asked to self-isolate.

Shah had said he got himself tested after seeing “early symptoms” of the disease. “Though I am feeling fine, I am being admitted to hospital on medical advice,” the Home Minister had said in a tweet in Hindi.

BJP leader and MP Manoj Tiwari on Sunday tweeted saying Home Minister Amit Shah had tested negative for coronavirus but deleted the tweet soon after. The Home Ministry in a clarification later said that no Covid test was conducted on Shah.

Shah tested positive for COVID-19 nearly a week ago and was admitted to Medanta hospital in Haryana's Gurugram, near Delhi.

The process of contact tracing was carried out and anyone who came in contact with the Home Minister was asked to self-isolate.

Shah had said he got himself tested after seeing “early symptoms” of the disease. “Though I am feeling fine, I am being admitted to hospital on medical advice,” the Home Minister had said in a tweet in Hindi.