Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa was on Thursday discharged from a Bengaluru hospital where he was undergoing treatment for the coronavirus, reported NDTV.
Yediyurappa had tested positive for the coronavirus on April 16 for the second time. The 78-year-old chief minister had earlier contracted the infection in August.
Talking to reporters outside the hospital, Yediyurappa appealed to the residents not to leave their homes unnecessarily. “Coronavirus is spreading very fast,” he said. “In one household, three-four people are contracting the virus. As Prime Minister Narendra Modi said, the only solution is [using] masks, sanitisers, and maintaining social distancing.”
He urged the public not to give the police a chance to impose a fine for not wearing masks. “I request all your cooperation for the sake of everyone in [the] society,” the chief minister said.
Yediyurappa told reporters that he will hold a Cabinet meeting to review the coronavirus situation in…