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Covid-hit FM Sitharaman casts her vote for Presidential election in PPE kit

Official sources said she contracted Covid-19 during her Indonesia visit and is taking precautions not to infect others

Nirmala Sitharaman

Union Finance Nirmala Sitharaman wearing a PPE kit casts her vote for the election of the President, at Parliament House in New Delhi (Photo: PTI)

Press Trust of India New Delhi

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is down with COVID-19 infection after her return from Bali, Indonesia, where she attended G20 Finance Ministers' meeting.

Sitharaman, who returned from Bali on Sunday, cast her vote on Monday in the Presidential election wearing a full PPE kit.

Official sources said she contracted Covid-19 during her Indonesia visit and is taking precautions not to infect others.

She is hale and hearty, sources said.

The G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors, met in Bali on 15-16 July 2022, for the third time under the Indonesian G20 Presidency.

The meeting was attended by G20 members, invited countries (including Ukraine), and international and regional organizations.

 

Sitharaman also attended many events and held bilateral meetings on the sidelines G20 Finance Ministers meeting.

(Only the headline and picture of this report may have been reworked by the Business Standard staff; the rest of the content is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)

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First Published: Jul 18 2022 | 7:08 PM IST

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