Mangaluru: Belthangady MLA Harish Poonja has tested positive for COVID-19.

 In a Twitter message, the legislator said he got himself tested Wednesday as he was having a mild fever.

Poonja said he was not having any other symptoms and is taking treatment at home.

Poonja had recently met Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa in Bengaluru.  He posted a message on social media requesting all who had accompanied him in the last few days to go under quarantine.

Meanwhile, DK district-in-charge Minister Kota Srinivas Poojary, who was under home quarantine, tweeted that his COVID-19 test result has turned out negative.