COVID-19-infected Internal Affairs and Law Minister of Province 2 Gyanendra Yadav had met Prime Minister (PM) KP Sharma Oli and Home Minister Ram Bahadur Thapa on Saturday.
Yadav told Setopati that he met PM Oli, Minister Thapa and other senior officials at a meeting in Baluwatar on Saturday. "There was a meeting about police integration at Baluwatar. PM, Home Minister, Home Secretary, police chief, law ministers of all seven provinces and others attended the meeting," he elaborated. "They may already have known that I have been infected. I myself have also been making efforts to inform them."
Yadav had returned to Janakpur on Monday and had got himself tested there. "I was confirmed infected when the report arrived Wednesday night."
He revealed that he is asymptomatic even after testing positive. He is currently in isolation at the ministerial quarter in Janakpur. "I have no problems. I am in regular consultation with the doctors."
He claimed that he has not met any minister of the province in the intervening period and added that he has urged everyone who have come into contact to be careful and get tested.