On Thursday, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan tested positive for COVID-19. The news comes in days after his daughter Veena Vijayan and son-in-law PA Mohammed Riyas were found infected. The CM, who is asymptomatic, will be shifted to the Medical College Hospital in Kozhikode.

The CM, who is currently at his residence in Kannur in north Kerala, will be shifted to the Medical College Hospital in Kozhikode. It was on March 3, Vijayan received the first dose of the Covid vaccine. As part of the electioneering for the Assembly polls which were held on April 6, Vijayan had extensively travelled across the state. The counting will take place on May 2.