Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat on Friday tested positive for COVID-19.
“He is admitted to a hospital in Nagpur”, the organisation said.
A tweet by RSS on Friday read, “Our Sarsanghchalak of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, Dr. Mohanji Bhagwat ji has tested positive for COVID-19 this afternoon. He is currently having common symptoms of coronavirus and has been admitted to the Kingsway Hospital in Nagpur. He is undergoing a general check-up and exercising caution.”
On March 7, Mohan Bhagwat was administered the COVID-19 vaccine.
Along with Bhagwat, the General Secretary of RSS Suresh Bhaiyyaji Joshi also received his first dose of the vaccine against novel coronavirus at Nagpur’s National Cancer Institute that day.
However, he was not yet administered the second dose of vaccine.