Union minister Som Parkash, who had tested positive for Covid-19 earlier this week, is on oxygen support in an ICU of a private hospital in Mohali where doctors were closely monitoring his condition. Parkash (72), Union minister of state for commerce and industry and BJP MP from Hoshiarpur, had tweeted earlier this week, stating that he tested positive for the infection. According to a statement issued on Saturday by Mohali's Fortis Hospital, "Som Parkash has Covid pneumonia with significant lung involvement and raised biomarkers."
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