Sonia Gandhi has lower respiratory tract infection

Congress president Sonia Gandhi has been detected with a lower respiratory tract infection after her admission to a private hospital in the national Capital last week for Covid-related complications.

Newly appointed Congress chief spokesperson Jairam Ramesh said Sonia Gandhi was admitted to the hospital on June 12 after bleeding from her nose following a recent Covid infection.

“She was immediately put under treatment and underwent a related follow-up procedure a day earlier,” he said in a statement. Ramesh, who is the new general secretary in-charge of the party’s communications department, said a fungal infection in her lower respiratory tract was also detected upon admission.

“She is currently being treated for it along with other post-Covid symptoms. She continues to be under close observation and treatment,” Ramesh said.

Sonia Gandhi was summoned by the Enforcement Directorate on June 23 in a money laundering case.

Her son and former Congress president Rahul Gandhi is already being questioned by the probe agency and his next deposition before the ED is scheduled on Monday.