SASIKALA TESTS +VE

BENGALURU: In a major setback, former AIADMK general secretar y VK Sasikala tested positive for Covid-19. As her health deteriorated, she was shif ted to the Intensive Care Unit of Victoria Hospital. Sasikala was due to be released from prison on January 27. Earlier she was diagnosed with Severe Acute Respiratory Infection with persistent fever and breathlessness. But her repeat RTPCR test turned positive. “She is in a stable condition and not on a ventilator. She is suffering from severe lung infection and her CT severity score is about 16/25. She is on oxygen support; 10 litres of oxygen have been given though her saturation level is 98%. As she is diabetic, we’re monitoring her,” medical superintendent Dr Ramesh Krishna said.

She also has Type 2 diabetes mellitus, hypertension, hypothyroidism and urinar y tract infection.