Have called cabinet meeting at 4pm today: Yediyurappa discharged from Manipal Hospital in Bengaluru
Bengaluru,
Apr
22:
Karnataka
Chief
Minister
B
S
Yediyurappa
was
on
Thursday
discharged
from
the
private
hospital
here
where
he
was
undergoing
treatment
for
COVID-19.
He
was
discharged
from
the
city''s
Manipal
hospital,
where
he
has
been
undergoing
treatment
for
the
last
five
days,
his
office
said.
The 78-year old leader was hospitalised on April 16, after he tested positive for COVID-19 for the second time in eight months.
He was earlier hospitalised on August 2, 2020 after he tested positive for coronavirus, and was discharged on recovery after nine days.
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Yediyurappa had got himself inoculated with the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine on March 12, and was administered Bharat Biotech''s Covaxin.
The Chief Minister, who had been campaigning for April 17 bypolls to Belgaum Lok Sabha, and Maski and Basavakalyan assembly segments had developed fever while campaigning in Belagavi (Belgaum LS), but had tested negative, however, during a subsequent test on April 16 he tested positive and was hospitalised.