On Friday, March 19, Lok Sabha speaker Om Birla tested positive for COVID-19 and got admitted to Covid Centre of All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi on March 20, a day after getting tested positive.
The news came out on Sunday, March 21, after the Media Cell and Protocol Division of AIIMS, New Delhi released a press release confirming the same. The press release states, “Sh. Om Birla, Hon’ble Member of Parliament and Speaker of the Lok Sabha tested positive for Covid on March 19th.
However, the Lok Sabha speaker is now stable and all his parameters are also normal. Till now, many politicians have wished Birla ‘a speedy recovery’ from the deadly virus.
My best wishes for the speedy recovery and well-being of Hon'ble Speaker of Lok Sabha Shri Om Birla Ji.@ombirlakota pic.twitter.com/Tgt5zvq3F9
— B.S.Yediyurappa (@BSYBJP) March 21, 2021
I have come to know, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla ji has tested positive for #COVIDー19. Wish him a speedy recovery. @ombirlakota
— Ashok Gehlot (@ashokgehlot51) March 21, 2021
Wish @loksabhaspeaker @ombirlakota Om Birla ji, who has tested positive for #COVIDー19, speedy recovery.
— Jagdeep Dhankhar Vice-President of India (@jdhankhar1) March 21, 2021
Om Birla is the 18th and current speaker of Lok Sabha and also the Member of Parliament from Kota constituency of Rajasthan. He is a member of Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP).
