A journalist who attended senior Congress leader Kamal Nath's final news conference as Madhya Pradesh chief minister has tested positive for the coronavirus causing Covid-19.The journalist's daughter earlier tested positive for the virus, which has now infected hundreds in India -- including 15 in Madhya Pradesh -- and killed 11. Other journalists who were at the news conference -- where Kamal Nath announced he was stepping down as chief minister -- have been asked to self-quarantine. India is currently under a 21-day countrywide lockdown to prevent the spread of the new virus, named Sars-CoV-2.

A journalist who attended senior Congress leader Kamal Nath's final news conference as Madhya Pradesh chief minister has tested positive for the coronavirus causing Covid-19.The journalist's daughter earlier tested positive for the virus, which has now infected hundreds in India -- including 15 in Madhya Pradesh -- and killed 11. Other journalists who were at the news conference -- where Kamal Nath announced he was stepping down as chief minister -- have been asked to self-quarantine. India is currently under a 21-day countrywide lockdown to prevent the spread of the new virus, named Sars-CoV-2.