K’taka CM Yediyurappa tests positive for Covid again, hospitalised

Karnataka chief minister BS Yediyurappa tested positive for Covid-19 on Friday. This is the second time the 78-year-old Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader has contracted the virus. He has been admitted to Bengaluru’s Manipal Hospital for treatment.

He was admitted to Ramaiah Memorial Hospital in Bengaluru with for the last two days. He tested negative for Covid-19 two days ago; however, he tested positive on Friday. Then he was shifted to Manipal Hospital.

Before the testing positive, in the morning, Yediyurappa chaired a meeting with top officials of the government at his official residence to discuss the steps to be taken to contain the increasing number of cases in the state. The meeting was attended by the Karnataka health minister K Sudhakar and Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) commissioner Gaurav Gupta among others.

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