{"id":15797,"date":"2020-08-18T05:28:42","date_gmt":"2020-08-18T05:28:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bengalnewstimes.com\/?p=15797"},"modified":"2020-08-18T05:28:42","modified_gmt":"2020-08-18T05:28:42","slug":"biocon-executive-chairperson-kiran-mazumdar-shaw-tests-positive-for-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bengalnewstimes.com\/?p=15797","title":{"rendered":"Biocon executive chairperson Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw tests positive for Covid-19"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>BENGALURU: Executive chairperson of Bengaluru-headquartered Biocon Ltd <a href=\"http:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/Kiran-Mazumdar-Shaw\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" data-ga=\"within_article-topic_link|topic_http:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/Kiran-Mazumdar-Shaw\" frmappuse=\"1\">Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw<\/a> said on Monday night that she has tested <a href=\"http:\/\/www.speakingtree.in\/topics\/nature\/positive\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" data-ga=\"within_article-topic_link|topic_http:\/\/www.speakingtree.in\/topics\/nature\/positive\" rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" frmappuse=\"1\">positive<\/a> for Covid-19. <br \/>&#8220;I have added to the covid count by testing positive. Mild symptoms and I hope it stays that way,&#8221; the 67-year-old biotechnology industry veteran said in a tweet. <br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/india\/coronavirus-india-live-updates-covid-tally-in-india-crosses-27l-mark\/liveblog\/77603041.cms\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"strong \" frmappuse=\"1\">Coronavirus outbreak: Live updates<\/a><br \/>Replying to her tweet, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor said, &#8220;So sorry to hear this, @KiranShaw. We need you hale &amp; hearty soon! Be well my friend.&#8221; <\/p>\n<div class=\"cdatainfo id-r-component\" data-pos=\"12\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>I have added to the Covid count by testing positive. Mild symptoms n I hope it stays that way.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kiran Mazumdar Shaw (@kiranshaw) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kiranshaw\/status\/1295416763111284738\">1597686398000<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>As of August 17 evening, cumulatively 2,33,283 Covid-19 positive cases have been confirmed in Karnataka, which includes 4,062 deaths and 1,48,562 discharges, the health department said in its bulletin. <br \/>Bengaluru urban district tops the list of Covid-19 cases, with a total of 91,864 infections so far. <br \/><span class=\"strong\">More on Covid-19<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Out of 6,317 fresh cases reported in the state on Monday, 2,053 cases ere from Bengaluru urban alone. <\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\\\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/business\/india-business\/biocon-executive-chairperson-kiran-mazumdar-shaw-tests-positive-for-covid-19\/articleshow\/77605544.cms\\\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BENGALURU: Executive chairperson of Bengaluru-headquartered Biocon Ltd Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw said on Monday night that she has tested positive for Covid-19. &#8220;I have added to the covid count by testing positive. Mild symptoms and I hope it stays that way,&#8221; the 67-year-old biotechnology industry veteran said in a tweet. 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