Daijiworld Media Network - Bengaluru (MS)
Bengaluru, Oct 11: Primary and secondary education minister Suresh Kumar, who was diagnosed as positive for coronavirus infection a few days ago, has been admitted to hospital for treatment.
Tweeting about his hospitalization, the minister said, "I was in home Isolation since last Monday due to Covid-19 infection. Now I have got admitted to a small hospital of one of my friends on the advice of the doctors. They are monitoring my medical condition."
"There is no need to panic. My health is improving in every way," he said in another tweet.
Suresh Kumar tested positive for coronavirus on October 5. "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 had said in a tweet in Kannada.
Among the Covid-hit ministers were chief minister B S 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.