Bengaluru, Aug 3: Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa tweeted late Sunday night that he had tested positive for the novel coronavirus.
In a brief post on Twitter, Mr Yediyurappa said that he was fine but had been hospitalised on the advice of doctors. While his daughter Padmavathi has also tested positive for the virus, the Chief Minister's son, Vijayendra, has tested negative.
The Chief Minister's media team has said he has been admitted to Manipal Hospital. Mr Yediyurappa, 77, also requested those who had come in contact with him to be wary of Covid symptoms and self-isolate.
"I have tested positive for coronavirus. Whilst I am fine, I am being hospitalised as a precaution on recommendation of doctors. I request those who have come in contact with me recently to be observant and exercise self-quarantine," the Chief Minister's tweet read.
The testing of the Chief Minister was done as part of the routine weekly tests he undergoes along with his staff. The results of Mr Yediyurappa's gunmen and security staff, around 50 of them, are expected today.
Staff members at Mr Yediyurappa's home office, Krishna, had tested positive early last month.
At that time Mr Yediyurappa said: "I am going to discharge my duties from home from today for the next few days in view of some of the staff in the office-cum-residence Krishna testing positive".
Mr Yediyurappa had also met Karnataka Governor Vajubhai Vala in Bengaluru on Friday. State Home Minister Basavaraj Bommai was also present at the meeting.
The Chief Minister is the second high-profile political leader to confirm testing positive for COVID-19 today; hours earlier Union Home Minister Amit Shah tweeted similar news.
Mr Shah, 55, too said he was "fine" and that he had been hospitalised on the "advice of doctors".
The minister also asked all those who had been in contact with him over the last few days to "please isolate yourself and get your tests done".
The Home Minister was at a cabinet meet last week, at which top colleagues, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman were present.
All Covid norms, including social distancing, were followed at that meeting, sources said.
Last month Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan tested positive for the virus as well. He has been in hospital since then and tweeted today to say that he was well and, minutes after Mr Yediyurappa tweeted his Covid positive status, he posted a get-well-soon message.
"I pray to God for your speedy recovery, Yediyurappaji," Mr Chouhan wrote.
Mr Chouhan had tweeted a message for Mr Shah too. "Home Minister Amit Shah, may God help you recover soon, so you can serve the nation with full energy. Our best wishes are with you," his tweet read.
Former Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah also tweeted, saying: "I wish BS Yediyurappa a speedy recovery and to return with good health to continue his work for the people".
Tamil Nadu Governor Banwarilal Purohit also tested positive today, Chennai's Kauvery Hospital, where he has been admitted, said. He is asymptomatic and clinically stable.
On Sunday morning the virus claimed the life of a UP minister - Kamal Rani Varun, 62, died at Lucknow's Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences.
Over the last 24 hours, 54,735 cases were reported, taking the total number of cases to 17,50,723, data from the Health Ministry showed.
The continuing spike in cases over the past weeks comes as India gradually re-opens its economy after more than four months of the world's strictest lockdown. Unlock3, the third phase of easing of restrictions, came into effect on Saturday.
It took just 185 days for India to cross the 17-lakh mark after the first case was reported in Kerala in January; it took 110 days to record the first 1 lakh cases. More than 60 per cent of total cases in the country and over 50 per cent of total deaths have been recorded in July.
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Sandy. you really have sandy mind. PFI is not banned anywhere. you lie as you have no ground to blame PFI and no right to blame. As RSS links to terror already revealed by national media and NIA . just ask your RSS to shift to Pakistan or nepal, As they dont even hoist national flag
i dont think this ibrahim is ibrahim, i think he is not a muslim and uses false name and internet knowledge to give stupid comments and force us to reply to him..
why are you saying baseless things, Its not banned anywhere. Don’t just say the things which come into your mind without understanding them properly. Your message is foolish, ignorant and a comment without any responsibilities
@ sheikh ibrahim,
well said sir, I am sure your qualified and understand the Quran very well.
But atleast they are doing there part -what you are doing. If you have mashallah this concern then work for the cause - teach them quran and do something about it insted of just complaining.
Now please don’t give excuse that you cant ?
Because you haven’t tried.
in 1 hour a week , will also make a difference,
If you can’t then please try and hire an imam for 1 hour a week.
If you can’t even do that then donate 100 rupees a week to help that cause and help them learn Quran.
If 100 rs is to much then try 10 rs. if every one will do something insted of complaining the world will definately be better place.
Insha’Allah
Do you have any proof for your blabbering, or its just coming out forged by your hatred for the community?
As per Israel – it is believed to be anti-Islamic by many, some people support Israel just for its alleged agenda.
But to your allegation of SDPI backing “jihad against kafirs” if your definition of jihad is just like ISIS/RSS -then you are legally obliged to provide proof for your allegation and put the culprits behind bar, serving our great nation. If not then this is just a defamation.
@yogesh , so you haven’t heard about saffron terrorist?
all RSS people are where and will remain Hindus!!. Further many people wear the mask of Muslims but very few are Muslims. Also the leaders name of IS is said to be Simon Elliot. In military standard false flag operation were common by Israeli before , This is just an advance tactic, A
lso if what SDPI is saying in this particular matter is right shouldn’t you say it to be right. D
isagree with them or any one where they are wrong, But not when they are right.
@ unknown( coward/hypocrate) using false identity.
By your logic
I don’t believe this but its just to answer the retard who drew the conclusion
Nathuttam godse = killer of the father of our great nation
Hence, godse = enemy of India
godse = hindu
Hence proved
Hindu = enemy of India ?
Further,
All religion / country have there black sheeps and terrorist.
If you are sensible you can not generalise or sterocast people.
haha biggest joke , 400++ isis sympathisers are having PFI background :) double game dont work . In one side telling isis is israel and anti islam and in other side openly backing jihad against kafirs .
Please watch an interview which was done in 1990 youtube "
ISIS=Israeli Secret Intelligence Service"
In an excerpt from a 1990 C-SPAN interview with Brian Lamb, Dan Raviv and Yossi Melman, authors of the book Every Spy a Prince: The Complete History of Israel’s Intelligence Community, describe how the Israeli Prime Minister’s Office officially refers to its subordinate organization “the Mossad”
HEY cANDY, Tell me which state banned PFI?
Comman can understand it is a propaganda against org. Why PFI should ban for it's uncompromising stand against Fascism? Against Rss terror activities in India?Moth piece of RSs media failed to present a Proper evidence against PFI why?
Many states banned PFI because of their link with terrorists
Rubbish. Total rubbish. Ban PFI
Many of the PFI workers dont know the real meaning of Islam and they didn't read Quran fully or properly
PFI said the truth but these people dont have any right to blame them. Because these people only number one trouble makers.
ISIS=Muslims
PFI+SDPI=Muslims
Hence ISIS=PFI+SDPI ie Muslims
But all IS terrorists are/were Muslims only.
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