Bengaluru, Oct 5 (IANS): Karnataka's education minister S Suresh Kumar on Monday said he has tested positive for coronavirus and had quarantined himself at his home here.
"As I have tested positive for Covid-19, I will be home quarantined for a few days on the advice of doctors. No need to panic as there are no symptoms," he said in a tweet in Kannada.
The 64-year-old Suresh Kumar, who had supervised the secondary school leaving certificate (Class 10) board exams in June-July and in one subject for pre-university course students on June 18, is the latest state minister to be infected by the virus.
Among the Covid-hit ministers were chief minister BS Yediyurappa, deputy chief ministers Govind Karjol and C N Ashwath Narayan, J C Madhuswamy, Basavaraj Bommai, K Gopalaiah, Byrathi Basavaraj, Prabhu Chavan, Shivaram Hebbar, K S Eshwarappa and B Sriramulu.
According to Assembly Speaker Vishwanath Hegde Kageri, about 70 legislators of the BJP, and the opposition Congress and Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) contracted the virus ahead of the 6-day monsoon session in September.
Among the infected Congress were Leader of Opposition Siddaramaiah, state unit President DK Shivakumar and lawmakers HK Patil and Dinesh Gundu Rao.