Sasikala tests positive for COVID-19
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Updated: Jan 22, 2021 00:17 IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], January 22 (ANI): Former AIADMK leader VK Sasikala tested positive for COVID-19 in an RT-PCR test, said Victoria Hospital Bengaluru on Thursday.
"Primary contacts will be isolated for three days and a three-day test will be done on them. We have followed all the SOPs while dealing with her. Yesterday only we defined it as a Severe Acute Respiratory Infection (SARI) case," said Dr Manoj Kumar, Dean-cum-Director, Bowring and Lady Curzon medical college and research institute.
The close aide of former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa was earlier admitted to Lady Curzon Hospital after complaints of fever and later she was shifted to Victoria Hospital Bengaluru on Thursday.