Karnataka CM BS Yediyurappa Tests Corona Positive For Second Time, Hospitalised

<p><strong>Bengaluru: </strong>Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa on Friday tested positive for Covid-19 for the second time and has been admitted to Ramaiah Memorial hospital in Bengaluru hospital.</p> <p>Yediyurappa confirmed the same on Twitter and requested all those who came in contact with him recently to be &ldquo;observant and exercise self-quarantine&rdquo;.</p> <p>&ldquo;Upon having mild fever, today I got tested for Covid-19 and my report has come out positive. Although I am doing fine, I am being hospitalised based on the advise of doctors. I request all those who have come in my contact recently to be observant and exercise self-quarantine,&rdquo; he tweeted.</p> <p><strong>READ</strong>: <strong><a href="https://ift.tt/3doOsU5" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Coronavirus LIVE: Weekend Curfew Imposed In Chandigarh; Restrictions From Friday 10 PM To Monday 5 AM</a></strong></p> <p>&lt;blockquote class="twitter-tweet"&gt;&lt;p lang="en" dir="ltr"&gt;Upon having mild fever, today I got tested for Covid-19 and my report has come out positive. Although I am doing fine, I am being hospitalised based on the advise of doctors. I request all those who have come in my contact recently to be observant and exercise self-quarantine.&lt;/p&gt;&amp;mdash; B.S. Yediyurappa (@BSYBJP) &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/BSYBJP/status/1382982216796409861?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;April 16, 2021&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt; &lt;script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;</p> <p>77-year-old Yediyurappa had tested positive for coronavirus earlier in August last year. He was then hospitalised but later released after a negative Covid-19 test report.</p> <p><strong>READ</strong>: <strong><a href="https://ift.tt/2OTFl49" target="_blank" rel="noopener">UP Lockdown: What Will Remain Open And What Will Be Closed - Full Guidelines</a></strong></p> <p>Meanwhile, there has been a surge in Covid-19 cases in Karnataka. Earlier on Thursday, the state reported 14,738 new cases while 66 people succumbed to the virus. Karnataka reported 11,265 Covid-19 cases earlier on Wednesday.</p> <p>According to the state&rsquo;s health department, around 11.09 lakh have tested corona positive in Karnataka while 13,112 people have so far died.</p>

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