GUWAHATI, Aug 2: Samuguri Congress MLA and former minister Rakibul Hussain and his wife have tested positive for COVID-19 today.
The Congress MLA, who was seen at several public meetings in the past week, tested positive after a team of health officials took their swabs for tests.
His wife and a neice have also reportedly tested positive.
“I have tested positive for COVID-19 just a few minutes back. Request everyone who came into contact with me in the last four days to get themselves tested,” he wrote on Facebook.
Incidentally, former Assam Health Minister and Lahorighat Congress MLA Nazrul Islam had also tested positive.
