Karnataka Deputy CM CN Ashwath Narayan tests COVID-19 positive

Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister C N Ashwath Narayan said he has tested positive for coronavirus on Saturday. He has requested all those who have come in contact with him to take the 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," Narayan



tweeted.

In the wake of the pandemic, Assembly Speaker Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri has 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.

Narayan is the latest in the list of Ministers in Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa's cabinet who have tested positive for coronavirus.