Deputy Chief Minister Jishnu Dev Varma on Thursday tested positive to the Covid 19 days after Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb was detected positive to the deadly contagion. In a social media posts, Dev Verma announced his health condition and also added that he was in home quarantined.

"Today I have tested positive for covid19 and have taken home quarantine. Let’s all keep safe and be safe", he wrote in a social media post.