Congress MP Karti Chidambaram announced on Monday that he has tested positive for COVID-19. Karti, the son of former finance minister P. Chidambaram, tweeted that his symptoms were mild and that he was under home quarantine. “I have just tested positive for #Covid. My symptoms are mild and as per medical advice I am under home quarantine. I would urge all those who have recently been in contact with me to follow medical protocol,” Karti tweeted.
Earlier, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa and Tamil Nadu Governor Banwarilal Purohit had announced that they had tested positive for the infection. Among other prominent political figures in the country to have contracted COVID-19 are the chief of BJP's Uttar Pradesh unit, Swatantra Dev Singh, and state minister Mahendra Singh. Last week, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan had tested positive. Some state ministers and BJP leaders who met him had quarantined themselves at their homes. Chouhan, 61, was admitted to a COVID-19 designated private hospital in Bhopal.
On Sunday night, Karnataka Chief Minister Yediyurappa tweeted that he has tested positive for coronavirus and was being hospitalised.
