BABUL SUPRIYO 3rd INNINGS WITH COVID-19

(The Quiver) Babul Supriyo, the former Union minister and Trinamool Congress leader has tested positive for Covid for the third time.

The former MP, who left the BJP in July last year. Then he was asked to step down as Union minister, later he joined Mamata Banerjee-led party. He informed about his illness by posted on his Twitter handle that he had tested positive for the infection along with his wife, father and multiple staff members.

Through his tweet he also raised concern at the high cost of the Covid cocktail shot that needs to be administered to those who are seriously ill. He said that while he had to buy the shot for his 84-year father and wondered how those from underprivileged sections would afford it.

Underlining that even those who have received both shots of the vaccine are not immune to fresh infections, the former MP requested the government to make this SOS jab available at state government hospitals to continue the vaccination drive simultaneously along with the ongoing vaccination drive.

Mr Supriyo said he first tested positive for Covid in November 2020. His mother, who was infected at the same time, passed away then. He tested positive for the second time in April 2021 during the second Covid wave in the country.