Two Days After HC Orders Hospitalisation, Stan Swamy Tests Positive for COVID-19
Swamy, who is suffering from advanced Parkinsonâs disease, has been in jail since October last year.
A file photo of human rights activist Stan Swamy. Photo: PTI
Mumbai: Eighty-four-year-old Jesuit priest and tribal rights activist Stan Swamy has tested positive for COVID-19.
Swamy, one of the 16 persons to be arrested in the Elgar Parishad case, had been suffering from fever, severe cough, headache and upset stomach for the past few weeks. He was, however, finally hospitalised only two days ago following the Bombay high court direction to move him to a hospital for 15 days.