Karnataka CM BS Yediyurappa tests positive for coronavirus
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Karnataka CM BS Yediyurappa tests positive for coronavirus
Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa said he tested positive for the novel coronavirus according to a tweet he posted on Sunday.
The Chief Minister, 77, said he is fine and is being hospitalised as a precaution on the recommendation of doctors.
"I have tested positive for coronavirus.
Whilst I am fine, I am being hospitalised as a precaution on the recommendation of doctors.
I request those who have come in contact with me recently to be observant and exercise self-quarantine," Yediyurappa wrote.
Earlier on Sunday Union Home Minister Amit Shah also tweeted that he had tested positive for COVID.
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