K’taka former CM Siddaramaiah tests COVID +ve

The leader of opposition in the Karnataka Assembly and former chief minister Siddaramaiah became the latest high profile leader in the state to test positive for coronavirus.

Siddaramaiah has been admitted to Manipal Hospital in Bengaluru where CM Yediyurappa is currently on treatment for the same.

Taking to Twitter, Siddaramaiah said he has been admitted to the hospital on medical advice.

“I have been tested positive for #Covid19 & also been admitted to the hospital on the advice of doctors as a precaution. I request all those who had come in contact with me to check out for symptoms & to quarantine themselves,” his tweet read.

The opposition leader didn’t show any symptoms and he was admitted to the hospital as doctors advised him to do so. He is stable and doing well.

On August 2, Congress MP Karti Chidambaram tested positive for covid-19.

Siddaramaiah had requested those who had come in contact with him in the last few days to undergo covid-19 test. He also urged people not to be anxious or panic.