Karnataka CM Basavaraj Bommai tests positive for COVID-19

Karnataka CM Basavaraj Bommai on Monday tested positive for COVID-19 "with mild symptoms"

Karnataka CM Basavaraj Bommai tests positive for COVID-19

New Delhi: Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Monday said he has tested positive for COVID-19, with mild symptoms.
The Chief Minister also said he is doing "fine" and is under home quarantine.

"I have tested positive for COVID-19 today with mild symptoms. My health is fine, I am under home quarantine. I request everyone who has recently come in my contact to isolate themselves and get tested," Bommai tweeted.

He had attended several official engagements today including last rites of noted Kannada literary figure Chandrashekhar Patil, the launch of precaution dose COVID vaccination, meeting on administrative reforms, and meeting with a delegation of former Vice-Chancellors, among others.

Recently, Bommai's cabinet colleagues- Revenue Minister R Ashoka and Primary and Secondary Education BC Nagesh- had tested COVID positive.

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