Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister Dr CN Ashwath Narayan said on Saturday that he has tested positive for COVID-19. He has requested all the people who have come in contact with him the past few days to take necessary precautions.
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.
I request those who have come in contact with me to take the necessary precautions.
— Dr. C.N. Ashwath Narayan (@drashwathcn) September 19, 2020
Narayan is the third minister to test positive this week after Home Minister Basavaraj Bommai and Food and Civil Supplies Minister K Gopalaiah in the Yediyurappa cabinet. Earlier , Yediyurappa and his Ministers including B Sriramulu, CT Ravi, BC Patil, Anand Singh, Byrathi Basavaraj, Prabhu Chavan, A Shivaram Hebbar, KS Eshwarappa and Shashikala Jolle had tested positive. They all have recovered now.
Karnataka Assembly Speaker Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri had made it mandatory for all those attending it to undergo RT-PCR test for COVID-19 infection, 72 hours prior to the start of the monsoon session from September 21.
