Bhubaneswar, May 7: Housing and Urban Development (H&UD) Minister Pratap Jena has been tested positive for Covid-19.

The minister informed the same through twitter. “Have tested positive for COVID19. Anyone in close contact in the past few days please get tested,” tweeted the minister.

Earlier senior BJP MLA and Leader of Opposition in Odisha Assembly, Pradipta Naik and Rajya Sabha member Raghunath Mohapatra have been tested positive for the deadly virus. Both Naik and Mohapatra are currently under treatment at AIIMS, Bhubaneswar.

Naik, BJP MLA from Bhawanipatna was admitted to AIIMS on April 20 after he tested positive for the virus.