Bengal BJP's head Dilip Ghosh who said Coronavirus is gone from West Bengal has tested positive for Coronavirus.

Dilip Ghosh who said that the pandemic was over and the lockdowns imposed in the state were politically motivated, has tested positive for COVID-19.

Dilip Ghosh who said that the pandemic was over and the lockdowns imposed in the state were politically motivated, has tested positive for COVID-19.The state unit of BJP in West Bengal held a rally to protest the killings of its party workers despite restrictions in place due to the pandemic. During the speech, Dilip Ghosh, the BJP state chief, claimed that coronavirus is over and said that the Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is intentionally imposing a lockdown so that BJP cannot hold meetings and rallies ahead of elections due next year. He said that BJP would conduct rallies and will not follow the government’s coronavirus guidelines as the virus was no longer a threat to people.

However, after a controversy saying ‘corona is gone’ while justifying organizing political rallies, he tested positive for COVID-19 on October 16, 2020, and has been admitted to a high dependency unit (HDU) in a West Bengal hospital. A senior doctor at the hospital said that he is having a 102-degree fever and was currently undergoing treatment. Further, doctors said that his oxygen saturation level is fine.

The state had recorded 3,275 positive cases in a single day on October 01, 2020, with 59 deaths, and the case count did not seem even to decrease.

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