Texas’s drop in testing is part of a larger nationwide trend that’s seen the average number of coronavirus tests fall since July.
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Tension in Sringeri over flag on Shankaracharya statue, police probe on
BJP leaders, including CT Ravi and Shobha Karandlaje, had claimed that the flag was the party flag of SDPI.
Police officials in Chikkamagaluru are investigating the appearance of a flag seen on the Shankaracharya statue in the temple town of Sringeri on Thursday. Meanwhile, BJP leaders claimed that the flag was the party flag of the Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI). However, speaking to TNM, Chikkamagaluru SP Hakay Akshay Machindra said that the flag resembled the SDPI's flag but it was not the same flag. "It is not the flag of SDPI but it resembles it. It is not the green Islamic flag either. It has the colors which resemble the party flag of SDPI. There is blue, red and green color on the flag. We will clarify about the incident soon," the SP said. The flag was pulled down by police officials and a case was registered in the Sringeri police station. Udupi-Chikkamagaluru BJP MP Shobha Karandlaje took to Twitter to denounce the SDPI and criticised the organisation calling it 'intolerant'. "I condemn the incident of planting SDPI flags on Sri Shankaracharya's statue at Sringeri, serious action will be taken against those who are behind this incident!," she said in the tweet. Intolerance of SDPI is touching peak! Anti social elements are inciting people to propagate their sinister agendas. I condemn the incident of planting SDPI flags on Sri Shankaracharya's statue at Sringeri, serious action will be taken against those who are behind this incident! pic.twitter.com/j1S337SR0Z — Shobha Karandlaje (@ShobhaBJP) August 13, 2020 Tourism Minister and Chikkamagaluru MLA CT Ravi too said the flag's appearance on the holy saint's statue will be investigated. ಶೃಂಗೇರಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಶ್ರೀ ಶಂಕರಾಚಾರ್ಯರ ಪ್ರತಿಮೆಯ ಮೇಲೆ ಎಸ್ಡಿಪಿಐ ಧ್ವಜ ಹಾರಿಸಿದ್ದಾರೆ ಎಂಬ ವಿಷಯ ತಿಳಿದು ಬಂದಿದ್ದು ಜಿಲ್ಲಾ ಪೊಲೀಸ್ ಮುಖ್ಯ ಅಧಿಕಾರಿಗಳಿಗೆ ತನಿಖೆ ನಡೆಸಿ ತಪ್ಪಿತಸ್ಥರ ಮೇಲೆ ಕ್ರಮ ಕೈಗೊಳ್ಳುವಂತೆ ಸೂಚಿಸಿದ್ದೇನೆ. ಕಾನೂನು ಸುವ್ಯವಸ್ಥೆ ಕಾಪಾಡಲು ಎಲ್ಲರೂ ಸಹಕರಿಸಿ — C T Ravi ಸಿ ಟಿ ರವಿ (@CTRavi_BJP) August 13, 2020 Police officials said that they are interviewing suspects in the case. "We will be able to give clarity after the investigation is completed," the SP added. Adi Shankaracharya is an 8th century philosopher and Sringeri, situated on the banks of the river Tunga in Chikkamagaluru district was the first mutt established by him. The reports come a day after an SDPI leader and its Bengaluru unit president Muzammil was arrested in connection with the violent mob attack in eastern Bengaluru. Muzammil had arrived at the DJ Halli police station on Tuesday night seeking an FIR to be registered against a local resident Naveen P over a derogatory Facebook comment made by him. Naveen is a relative of the Congress MLA Akhand Srinivas Murthy.
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'KGF 2': What should we expect from the sequel?
Ahead of the second film's release, we look at the themes in 'KGF' that made it work with the audience and what we can expect from the sequel.
Though theatres are yet to reopen, the anticipation around the Yash starrer KGF 2, which is expected to release in October this year, has only been building up. The makers recently released the poster of Adheera, played by Sanjay Dutt, much to the excitement of fans of the franchise. For those who are new to the world of the Prashanth Neel directed KGF, Adheera is the prime antagonist in Chapter 2 of the film. We see only his veiled face in the first film. Rocky, played by Yash, will be taking on Adheera in order to free the bonded labourers in the Narachi Limestone Corporation. Although the first film was criticised for the screenplay and direction (the romance especially), it managed to capture the imagination of the audience with its arresting visuals. The larger-than-life story set in the Kolar Gold Fields (also referred to as the mythical El Dorado) with elements of fantasy, succeeded at the box-office despite hiccups. Ahead of the second film's release, we look at the themes in KGF that made it work with the audience and what we can expect from the sequel. Underdog hero Rocky is born to a single mother who struggles to bring him up. He loses her early and swears to fulfil the promise he made to her – to die as a rich and powerful man though he was born into poverty. We see Rocky's childhood in flashes, as he enters the world of crime. The scene when a young Rocky is asked what he wants and he responds with 'Duniya!' (the world) establishes what he will be as an adult. A ruthless man who won't stop till he acquires what he desires. The underdog hero, especially when he has negative shades, has always worked with the audience. It's difficult to predict how he will respond to a situation and this keeps the narrative suspenseful. By the end of Chapter 1, we see Rocky standing up for the workers at the gold mine. While in the first film, he's brash and does what he likes, the second one may portray him as a more righteous man. Destiny The film deliberately draws comparisons between the birth of Rocky and the discovery of gold at the mine. As the rock is extracted from the earth, Rocky is born to his mother. We know immediately that their two destinies are intertwined. Suryavardhan (Ramesh Indira) is the don who establishes the mine but Rocky's real battle is with his son Garuda (Ramachandra Raju) in the first film. Later in the film too, the 'mad' storyteller of the mine, Kencha, narrates a story about a hero who will save them from the cruel men who control them. Rocky enters the mine to assassinate Garuda, on the promise that if he succeeds, don Andrews will give him control of Mumbai city. However, what he sees in the mine changes his purpose. KGF 2 is expected to take this theme forward. There's some mystery to Rocky's origins in the first film which might be used in the second one to make revelations. It will also be interesting to see how Adheera's character is built. In the first film, Suryavardhan picks his son Garuda over his brother Adheera as his heir, but with both men dead, it is up to Adheera to try and stop Rocky. There's also Virat, Suryavardhan's younger brother, who may play a pivotal role in the sequel. Motherhood KGF is high on mother sentiment, which is ever popular with the audience. Even as Rocky is amoral and pursues wealth single-mindedly, he's often reminded of his mother's struggles. When he's in the car with Reena (Srinidhi Shetty), Andrews's daughter in whom he's interested, he's suddenly drawn to a poor woman who is trying to pick up a bun from the road for her child. In the mine, too, there are two mothers who emotionally move Rocky. One is the mother who runs after her son who crosses the line that labourers are not supposed to cross. The guards shoot both of them dead. The other is Shanthi (Roopa Rayappa), the heavily pregnant mother who eventually gives birth to a girl. Several times in the film, we see how Rocky's mother's words have influenced him and he never fails the promise he made to her. The second film may show us more of his childhood and the secrets between him and his mother. Revenge The theme of revenge runs all through the film. First, it is Rocky who wants to avenge his mother's death. His enemy is poverty. And then there are multiple struggles for power among the various players in the gangs. Adheera's return will also be to seek revenge for the death of his brother and nephew. When Rocky executes Garuda in an elaborate and chilling sequence, he does so in front of the huge idol of Kali, the goddess of death who is also a protector. As he kills Garuda, the labourers remember the cruelty that they have experienced and feel that the act is justified. Further, Rocky makes it a point to do the killing publicly so as to inspire an uprising among the labourers. The first film defined a few other characters among the labourers, such as Shanthi, her husband who dies to save her life, the blind worker, the storyteller, and some of the older slaves. While most of the narrative revolved around Rocky, the second film may give these characters more importance since it's expected to be on the revolt of the people. Frame story The story of KGF is set in the past and it is narrated within the frame story of a veteran journalist being questioned by a TV news channel about his book on the mines. The veteran, Anand Ingalagi (Anant Nag), sits down for an interview with the channel's chief editor, Deepa Hegde (Malavika Avinash), who believes his account is false. However, as she listens to the story, she becomes intrigued in spite of herself. The first film does not answer how Anand got to know the hidden story and why exactly the Government of India banned his book or issued a death warrant on Rocky. It also does not reveal the connections between Anand and Rocky. Raveena Tandon has been signed to play Ramika Sen, the Indian Prime Minister in 1981, who issues the orders. Is she a negative character or is she playing along with Rocky? The sequel will tell us. Watch the trailer of KGF here:
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The faces behind the Apthamitra helpline for COVID-19 in Karnataka
There is an invisible workforce that listens to difficult stories of people affected by the pandemic — they are the medical students and integrated doctors who counsel thousands daily.
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After a successful show, artists often extensively credit the backstage workers. After a super hungry person’s supper arrives, heartfelt thanks to the delivery boy – who rode through virus-ridden streets – happens naturally. Similarly, amid rising COVID-19 cases in Karnataka, there is an invisible workforce that listens to the sad and difficult stories of people affected by the pandemic to console and guide them. They are the medical students and the integrated doctors who counsel thousands daily, via the toll-free Apthamitra helpline of Karnataka. They filter out people by talking to them over phone and send them to the ones working in the frontline – in case someone tests positive for the new virus, while many of the potentially mild COVID-19 cases get treated by the helpline. The Apthamitra mobile app is designed under the aegis of National Association of Software and Service Companies. Infosys BPM and Hinduja Global Solutions are among others who helped. It was launched on April 22, with an exclusive toll-free helpline number, 14410. The AYUSH department manages it, while being run by the Health and Family Welfare Department and Karnataka State Disaster Management Authority (KSDMA). Those who experience COVID-19 symptoms usually call this helpline. But as cases rose, those testing positive has been calling the helpline – hoping that they might get help – as they have nowhere else to go due to delayed ambulances, while hospitals reject them. Mild and asymptomatic COVID-19 patients below 50 are forced to stay home and receive treatments due to the sheer magnitude of cases in Bengaluru. As of July 23, the city had over 29,000 active cases. Exactly a month back, as of June 23, there were only 1512 cases. Karnataka's death toll surpassed 3000 as of August 8. The commissioner of AYUSH, Meenakshi Negi, who is also the nodal officer for the helpline said, “People call the helpline with all their anxiousness. In addition to prescribing them OTC [Over The Counter] medications, the helpline also calls the vulnerable people.” “We have called almost 25 lakh vulnerable people twice, using the data from the state’s door to door survey.” “A lady from a family of four from Bengaluru’s Srirampuram calls me and asks me to help them arrange for a bed in any hospital, all four were tested positive in the family,” describes Dr Hema BN, an Apthamitra counsellor based in the city. When asked why they needed only one bed if all of them tested positive. The lady replied, “No neighbours are here to help. We can manage somehow, but my elderly mother cannot without food, please arrange a bed.” One more person called Dr Hema. His wife had died of COVID-19 and his three children - all aged below 10 - tested positive for COVID-19. “He cries calling me” says Dr Hema. Such is the condition of families exposed to the deadly pathogen. These stories are heard by doctors across Karnataka, and they have much more stories in count than what media shows us daily. Dr Sudesh Shetty, another Apthamitra counsellor, practising at a clinic in the city’s Nagappa Street said, “Some stories we hear are so devastating that we end up wiping tears from our eyes.” The number of people calling the helpline has also spiked in par with the rise in cases. In other words, as caseload increase, more sad stories are heard to be consoled and guided. Dr Shetty describes a case where a lady had called the helpline, “Her husband died due to COVID-19 and in less than 12 hours she and her two small children tested positive for the virus with all the symptoms. They did not get an ambulance and also the bed. Somehow, we managed to solve this problem.” The main reason for this is the lack of health infrastructure. The number of discharges per day is not more than or equal to the new cases seen on that day, leading to running out of beds. Dr Shetty said that in some cases, “We feel very helpless.” When receiving calls from remote parts of Karnataka, doctors based in other regions feel helpless as difficult situations arise in helping someone. Who are these integrated doctors? An integrated medicine course that covered both Ayurvedic and Allopathic studies - 5.5 years of BAMS and 2 years of Allopathic studies - was started in 1977. This course ended in the mid-1990s. Those who graduated the course are known as integrated doctors and can be licensed for practising both Ayurveda and Allopathy, according to Karnataka Registered Integrated Medical Practitioners Association (KRIMPA), formed by professionals to mark their identity as integrated doctors, said Dr Shetty, who is also the association’s joint secretary. There are about 2500 integrated doctors in KRIMPA. It is more than 25 years since the integrated course ended, while all those who graduated the course are now aged at least more than 50 years, with a lot of experience in hand. These doctors are the ones who attend to the Aptamithra helpline. They get calls from all over Karnataka. The process The helpline follows a two-tier system. In the first tier, UG and PG medical students from Ayush, Nursing and Pharma courses will pick the call to record the symptoms and travel history of the patients, which is forwarded to the second tier consisting of integrated doctors where they counsel callers by issuing telemedicine or refer them for testing and treatment via the Apthamitra app, based on the case. The callers will also get a prescription by an SMS to get the OTC medicines. These doctors also identify potential carriers of coronavirus to send them to fever clinics or request an ambulance based on the severity of symptoms. Contact tracing will also take place here. Once someone tests positive for the novel coronavirus, then their connection with the telemedicine doctors seize and is taken over by the ones who treat them, in person – the frontline health workers. Speaking about telemedicine, Dr Shetty said that they are allowed to prescribe medications listed in the Apthamitra app for symptomatic treatment. Paracetamol, cetirizine, chlorpheniramine maleate, oral rehydration salt sachets, magnesium trisilicate, domperidone, vitamin-C and B-complex are prescribed as per the necessity of the case. “We also follow up on all the cases until they get fully cured of their problems, and to confirm if they are quarantined well” he added. Some who might have had mild COVID-19, but not tested for it also get assistance with the helpline’s support, he added. Trend shift About 70 to 120 doctors actively work with the helpline, connected to each other via WhatsApp group. Each attend up to 80 calls per day as of now, says Meenakshi, while the helpline works from 8 am to 9 pm with two shifts. The doctors get paid per shift. In other words, these doctors attend to more than 7000 people per day. “During the lockdowns, we received from ten to 12 thousand calls per day,” said Meenakshi. It has been more than a fortnight over three months since the helpline started and it has catered to not less than 7.5 lakh people until now, she said. The Government is planning to recruit more such doctors owing to the case load. However, it is doubtful if their returns are in accordance with their efforts, according to sources. There is a shift in trend after the lockdown eased up, as observed by Dr Shetty. Among all the callers in a day, hardly one person would test positive for the coronavirus until May end, even though more of them were suspected by doctors. But after the lockdown was lifted, every suspected person was tested positive, eventually. “As more people started calling helpline due to the lack of ambulances and beds, the problems of our health infrastructure were also reflected in the quality of calls we were receiving,” said Dr Hema. However, Meenakshi said that the load on hospitals decreases as potential mild cases also get treated by the helpline. Spirited doctors When asked if they were able to emotionally cope up advising people after listening to their sad stories. “We feel disturbed at some stories, but it is our duty to console them, by giving them knowledge along with prescribing them medications,” Dr Hema said. Dr Shetty said he felt content when patients requested for the doctors’ personal numbers for the emotional support these troubled souls received. However, rules bar them from doing so. Most of these doctors have their own clinics, but as a higher necessity called, they have stopped going to their own clinics, he added. Dr NS Krisnamurthy, 58, another telemedicine doctor practicing at a clinic in Chamarajpet was not spared by the novel coronavirus. He and his wife contracted COVID-19 and underwent treatment. They have just recovered from the infection. He said, “After my home quarantine ends I will rejoin the helpline to serve those in need.” Medical Service Centre, an all India organisation, consisting of health personnel with the objective of service, dedication and mobility has appreciated the work of Apthamitra helpline's doctors. Its state secretary, Dr Vasudhendra, an ophthalmologist based in Davanagere said, “In the face of falling public health infrastructure and private sector profiteering, we should recognise the work of these integrated doctors and students helping them, in addition to the frontline health workers.”
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Bengaluru Peripheral Ring Road: Citizens group seeks fresh proposal for project
The Karnataka State Pollution Control Board has called for a public hearing on the project on August 18.
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The Citizens for Bengaluru (CfB) has written to the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) to scrap the Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) report for the Peripheral Ring Road (PRR) project, claiming that it was no longer legally valid. They have asked for a fresh scheme, which includes a new proposal, feasibility studies, alternatives and fresh budget approvals and public hearings, from authorities. Incidentally, the KSPCB is also holding a public consultation meeting on August 18 for the 65-km 8-lane roadways project connecting Tumakuru Road with Hosur Road, based on the same EIA report. CfB is a pan-city activist group, which was at the centre of ‘Steel Flyover Beda’ protests in 2016 and has been advocating measures to preserve and protect the green cover of the city. The PRR project is facing stiff opposition from a section of Bengalureans as it proposed to fell 33,838 trees including those in forest areas and affect many water bodies, as per the EIA made public recently. In their letter to KSPCB Chairman Vijaykumar Gogi, CfB said that the EIA and the public consultation should be scrapped as it was in violation of the Karnataka Town and Country Planning Act. Stating that the Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) had changed its initial alignment, CfB argued that this technically will need fresh proposals and approval, citing Section 14(A) of the Karnataka Town and Country Planning Act.. In their letter, CfB said, “The BDA changed the alignment of the Peripheral Ring Road, hence rendering it a new project as per Karnataka Town & Country Planning Act. This voids the current EIA and calls not just for a fresh EIA but a new development proposal (scheme) to be drafted, including wide ranging public hearings, feasibility studies, alternatives and fresh budget approvals from the Government of Karnataka. It is at that stage that a new EIA is to be drafted, as per the Karnataka Town & Country Planning Act, Section 14(A).” It added, “The utility of public projects must be determined as specified by law, through the course of due process with its concomitant safeguards, and issues affecting the people of Bengaluru resolved before commencement. The current EIA is null and void and cannot be used to evaluate the new project.” In addition to this, as earlier opposed by other citizen groups, CfB has questioned the KSPCB for calling for a public hearing on the project on August 18, amid the COVID-19 pandemic. They said, “The Government of Karnataka asking the public to congregate for a hearing on such a crucial project is downright unsafe and irresponsible. In fact, it is a violation of the Disaster Management Act which forbids the arrangement of congregations.”
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Air pollution could be making honey bees sick, Bengaluru study finds
Researchers studied how giant Asian honey bees fared in Bengaluru, where air pollution records have been reported as some of the highest in the country.
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Whether it’s exhaust fumes from cars or smoke from power plants, air pollution is an often invisible threat that is a leading cause of death worldwide. Breathing air laced with heavy metals, nitrogen oxides and fine particulate matter has been linked to a range of chronic health conditions, including lung problems, heart disease, stroke and cancer. If air pollution can harm human health in so many different ways, it makes sense that other animals suffer from it too. Airborne pollutants affect all kinds of life, even insects. In highly polluted areas of Serbia, for instance, researchers found pollutants lingering on the bodies of European honeybees. Car exhaust fumes are known to interrupt the scent cues that attract and guide bees towards flowers, while also interfering with their ability to remember scents. Now, a new study from India has revealed how air pollution may be depleting the health of honey bees in the wild. These effects may not kill bees outright. But like humans repeatedly going to work under heavy stress or while feeling unwell, the researchers found that air pollution made bees sluggish in their daily activities and could be shortening their lives. Unhealthy bees in Bengaluru India is one of the world’s largest producers of fruit and vegetables. Essential to that success are pollinator species like the giant Asian honey bee. Unlike the managed European honey bee, these bees are predominantly wild and regularly resist humans and other animals eager to harvest their honey. Colonies can migrate over hundreds of kilometres within a year, pollinating a vast range of wild plants and crops across India. Researchers studied how this species was faring in the southern Indian city of Bengaluru, where air pollution records have been reported as some of the highest in the country. The giant Asian honey bees were observed and collected across four sites in the city over three years. Each had different standards of air pollution. The number of bees visiting flowers was significantly lower in the most polluted sites, possibly reducing how much plants in these places were pollinated. Bees from these sites died faster after capture, and, like houses in a dirty city, were partly covered in traces of arsenic and lead. They had arrhythmic heartbeats, fewer immune cells, and were more likely to show signs of stress. There are some caveats to consider, though. For one thing, areas with high pollution might have had fewer flowering plants, meaning bees were less likely to seek them out. Also, the researchers looked at the health of honey bees in parts of the city purely based on different levels of measured pollution. They couldn’t isolate the effect of the pollution with absolute certainty – there may have been hidden factors behind the unhealthy bees they uncovered. But, crucially, it wasn’t just bees that showed this trend. In a follow-up experiment, the study’s authors placed cages of fruit flies at the same sites. Just like the bees, the flies became coated in pollutants, died quicker where there was more air pollution, and showed higher levels of stress. The threat posed by pesticides is well known. But if air pollution is also affecting the health of a range of pollinating insects, what does that mean for ecosystems and food production? Fewer cars, more flowers Our diets would be severely limited if insects like honey bees were impaired in their pollinating duties, but the threat to entire ecosystems of losing these species is even more grave. Crop plants account for less than 0.1% of all flowering species, yet 85% of flowering plants are pollinated by bees and other species. Giant Asian honey bees like the ones in Bengaluru form large, aggressive colonies that can move between urban, farmed and forest habitats. These journeys expose them to very different levels of pollution, but the colonies of most other types of wild bee species are stationary. They nest in soil, undergrowth or masonry, and individuals travel relatively short distances. The levels of pollution they’re regularly exposed to are unlikely to change very much from one day to the next, and it’s these species that are likely to suffer most if they live in towns or cities where local pollution is high. Thankfully, there are ways to fix this problem. Replacing cars with clean alternatives like electrified public transport would go a long way to reducing pollution. Creating more urban green spaces with lots of trees and other plants would help filter the air too, while providing new food sources and habitat for bees. In many parts of the UK, roadside verges have been converted to wildflower meadows in recent years. In doing so, are local authorities inadvertently attracting bees to areas we know may be harmful? We don’t know, but it’s worth pondering. From September 2020, Coventry University is launching a citizen science project with the nation’s beekeepers to map the presence of fine particulate matter in the air around colonies, to begin to unravel what’s happening to honey bees in the UK. Air pollution is likely to be one part of a complex problem. Bees are sensitive to lots of toxins, but how these interact in the wild is fiendishly difficult to disentangle. We know cocktails of pesticides can cause real damage too. But what happens when bees are exposed to these at the same time as air pollution? We don’t yet know, but answers are urgently needed. This article first appeared on The Conversation and can be found here.
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Siddaramaiah recovers from COVID-19, discharged from Manipal Hospital
Siddaramaiah was admitted to the hospital on August 4 after he developed a fever.
Former Chief Minister of Karnataka, Siddaramaiah, was discharged from Manipal Hospital on Thursday after recovering from COVID-19. Siddaramaiah’s nose and swab samples were collected and the test results showed he was negative on Wednesday. Siddaramaiah was admitted to Manipal Hospital on Old Airport Road on August 4 after he showed symptoms of COVID-19, including fever. An antigen test was conducted, which showed he had tested positive for the novel coronavirus infection. “Shri Siddaramaiah has been under the supervision of our expert team of doctors and has responded very well to the treatment. We are delighted to state that he is being discharged this evening in accordance with the guidelines,” said Dr Sudarshan Balla, Chairman of Manipal Hospitals, in a statement. Photographs from the time of his discharge showed the former Karnataka CM smiling and waving at the hospital staff who had gathered to send him off after his recovery. In another photograph, Siddaramaiah was seen handing over a bouquet of flowers and thanking the doctor who treated him at The Manipal Hospital. Siddaramaiah’s vitals were stable at the time of discharge and he was asymptomatic. He has been asked to remain in quarantine at home. After he tested positive, Siddaramaiah’s residence in Mysuru was sanitised and sealed. Around 50 journalists, who had attended a press conference just a few days before he tested positive were asked to go into home quarantine. Earlier, on Monday, Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa was discharged from Manipal Hospital. The CM too had tested positive for the novel coronavirus infection around the same time Siddaramaiah tested positive. Both leaders were admitted in the same hospital. The CM’s office and the hospital had maintained that Yediyurappa was in good health and was responding well to the treatment. Several photographs and videos of Yediyurappa working from the hospital and signing on official documents, were released by his office in a bid to reassure people of his health. Yediyurappa regularly held meetings with officials and ministers over the phone during his stay at the hospital, reports stated. Along with the CM, his daughter too had caught the infection and was admitted to the same hospital.
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