Karnataka BJP state unit President Nalin Kumar Kateel on Sunday said he has tested positive for COVID-19 and has been admitted to hospital with no symptoms.
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“I underwent COVID-19 test and the reports have come out as positive. Despite being asymptomatic, on the advice of the doctors, I’m getting hospitalised,” Kateel, also a member of Lok Sabha from Dakshina Kannada constituency, tweeted.
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Expressing confidence that with the blessings and good wishes from everyone he will recover and get back soon, the 53-year-old requested all those who had come in contact with him to be cautious.
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Kateel, who recently completed one year in the party post, has been travelling across the state and holding meetings at several districts strengthening the organisation.
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Earlier several senior politicians in the state including chief minister BS Yediyurappa, Leader of Opposition Siddaramaiah, Congress state President DK Shivakumar had tested positive for coronavirus.
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While Yediyurappa and Siddaramaiah have been discharged, Shivakumar is undergoing treatment.
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Several ministers of the state government, also legislators have tested positive and are under medication.
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