Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa tested positive for coronavirus and has been admitted to a private emergency clinic, an authority said on Sunday night. “The Chief Minister stepped through an examination after feeling unwell. As the test was sure, he has been admitted in a private clinic on the proposal of specialists,” the official told IANS here.
In a tweet in Kannada later, the 78-year-old Yediyurappa said he was fine however got admitted to a clinic as a precaution on the guidance of specialists. “I request those who have come in contact with me recently to be observant and exercise self-quarantine,” he said.
State Medical Education Minister K. Sudhakar, who is incharge of Covid care in the southern state, affirmed that Yediyurappa tried positive for the contamination.
“I pray that he (Yediyurappa) will heal soon, as prayers of the people are with him. He will soon recover and return to work,” tweeted Sudhakar in Kannada.
The main priest has been at home in the official living arrangement since Friday because of three government occasions since July 31 to Sunday.
“On July 31, the main priest, nonetheless, met state Governor Vajubhai Vala at Raj Bhavan in the downtown area alongside state home clergyman Basavaraj Bommai. Afterward, National Education Policy draft board director K. Kasturirangan approached him at his habitation,” the authority reviewed.
On July 30, the central priest hailed off the passage exhausting machine for the second period of the metro rail venture in the downtown area, where individuals were available in enormous numbers.
