{"id":326632,"date":"2020-09-19T11:32:33","date_gmt":"2020-09-19T11:32:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=326632"},"modified":"2020-09-19T11:32:33","modified_gmt":"2020-09-19T11:32:33","slug":"karnataka-deputy-cm-ashwath-narayan-tests-positive-for-coronavirus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/karnataka-deputy-cm-ashwath-narayan-tests-positive-for-coronavirus\/","title":{"rendered":"Karnataka Deputy CM Ashwath Narayan tests positive for coronavirus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-326633 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/ashwath-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"539\" height=\"509\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2020\/09\/ashwath-1.jpg 539w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2020\/09\/ashwath-1-300x283.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2020\/09\/ashwath-1-445x420.jpg 445w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 539px) 100vw, 539px\" \/>Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister CN Ashwath Narayan on Saturday said that he has tested positive for the coronavirus.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">He has requested all those who have come in contact with him to take the necessary precautions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cIn 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. I request those who have come in contact with me to take the necessary precautions,\u201d Narayan tweeted.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Narayan got himself tested for the virus ahead of the monsoon session that starts from September 21.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Other politicians in the state who had contracted virus include CM B S Yediyurappa, Tourism Minister C T Ravi, Women and Child Development Minister Shashikala Jolle, Leader of Opposition Siddaramaiah, and Karnataka Pradesh Congress Pradesh Committee D K Shivakumar, among others.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">India on Saturday reported 93,337 new cases of coronavirus. The tally in the country now stands at 53,08,014, while the death toll rose to 85,619, according to Health Ministry data.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Of the total cases, 42,08,431 have been cured\/discharged\/migrated. There are 10,13,964 active cases of COVID-19 in India.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister CN Ashwath Narayan on Saturday said that he has tested positive for the coronavirus. He has requested all those who have come in contact with him to take the necessary precautions. \u201cIn anticipation of the upcoming Assembly sessions, I underwent a #COVID19 test on Saturday and my results have returned positive. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":326633,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2070,2072,2014],"tags":[13457,1430],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326632"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=326632"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326632\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":326635,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326632\/revisions\/326635"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media\/326633"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=326632"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=326632"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=326632"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}