Kerala Health Minister KK Shailaja has gone in quarantine after her son and daughter-in-law tested positive for COVID-19 on Tuesday.
"My son and his wife have tested positive. Since I was a primary contact, I will be in quarantine," she wrote on Facebook.
The 64-year-old added that she has no symptoms as of now.
Popularly known as Shailaja Teacher, the minister was instrumental in the state's fight against COVID-19.
A CPM leader hailing from Kannur, she is one of the two women ministers in the Pinarayi Vijayan cabinet.