Karnataka Deputy CM tests Covid positive

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    Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister C N Ashwath Narayan.

    New Delhi (NVI): Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister CN Ashwath Narayan today said he has tested positive for COVID-19.

    “In anticipation of the upcoming Assembly sessions, I underwent a #COVID19 test on Saturday and my results have returned positive. I am asymptomatic and will be under home isolation,” Narayan tweeted.

    He has requested all those who have come in contact with him to take the necessary precautions.

    In the wake of the pandemic, Assembly Speaker Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri has made it mandatory for all those attending the Assembly session to undergo RT-PCR test for COVID-19 infection, 72 hours prior to the start of the monsoon session from September 21.

    Narayan is the latest in the list of ministers in Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa’s cabinet who have tested positive for coronavirus.

    -CHK