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Do Not Make It Live

Updated on: 11 August,2020 06:15 PM IST  |  Mumbai
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Do Not Make It Live

Do Not Make It Live

Former President Pranab Mukherjee. Pic/Twitter Pranab Mukherjee

Former President and Bharat Ratna awardee Pranab Mukherjee passed away on August 12 in Delhi. He was 84. The veteran Congress leader, who was admitted to Delhi's Delhi's Army Research & Referral Hospital was on ventilator support after he underwent surgery for a brain clot.


On Monday, the 84-year-old Congress leader underwent emergency life-saving surgery for a brain clot. The former President had also tested positive for COVID-19. Taking to the micro-blogging site, Mukherjee revealed that he tested positive for the novel coronavirus.


"On a visit to the hospital for a separate procedure, I have tested positive for COVID19 today. I request the people who came in contact with me in the last week, to please self isolate and get tested for COVID-19," he had after testing positive. Mukherjee had also requested people who came in contact with him to self isolate and get tested for COVID-19.


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