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His daughter Veena Vijayan had earlier tested positive
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Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan greets party supporters during an election campaign ahead of Kerala Assembly Polls, in Thiruvananthapuram, Friday, March 26, 2021. File
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His daughter Veena Vijayan had earlier tested positive
Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Thursday tested positive for COVID-19.
His daughter Veena Vijayan had tested positive for the virus on Tuesday. Following this, Mr. Vijayan s samples were collected and tested at the Kannur Government Medical College hospital.
Interestingly, the Chief Minister had taken the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine a month ago. He had been campaigning across the State during the Assembly elections, which got over on April 6.
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Awareness creation on rare diseases is key, say experts
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It was organised by the Department of Paediatrics, Government Medical College Hospital (MCH), Kozhikode, New Delhi-based CSIR-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology (IGIB), and the Kozhikode chapter of the Indian Academy of Paediatrics (IAP). Mohandas Nair from the MCH, Kozhikode; Shefali Gulati from All-India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi; Vinod Scaria from IGIB; Aman Sharma from the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, Punjab; and Sumita Danda from Christian Medical College and Hospital, Vellore, presented papers.