<p>A 25-year-old man, who in a TikTok video ridiculed the use of masks for protection against COVID-19, has tested positive for the disease in Madhya Pradesh's Sagar district, an official said on Sunday.</p>.<p>Authorities at the hospital where he is admitted had to seize his mobile phone as he kept posting more videos from the isolation facility even after testing positive.</p>.<p><strong><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/coronavirus-news-live-updates-lockdown-in-focus-as-indias-tally-goes-past-5800-global-toll-crosses-85000-817763.html" target="_blank">For latest updates and live news on coronavirus, click here</a></strong></p>.<p>His condition is stable, Sagar's Government Bundelkhand Medical College Dean Dr G S Patel told PTI.</p>.<p>In one of the videos, apparently shot after the COVID-19 outbreak in the country, the man was purportedly seen sitting on a bike and when someone asked him to wear a mask, he dismissed it saying, Is kapde ke tukde par kya bharosa rakhna, rakhna hai to us upar wale par rakho (why to trust a piece of cloth, keep faith in God).</p>.<p><strong><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tag/coronavirus" target="_blank">CORONAVIRUS SPECIAL COVERAGE ONLY ON DH</a></strong></p>.<p>In later part of the video, he was seen throwing a piece of cloth in the air while the song 'Faya Kun, Faya Kun', from the movie "Rockstar" played in the background.</p>.<p>Patel said the man came to the government hospital with complaints of cough and fever and tested positive for coronavirus on Friday.</p>.<p>This is the first COVID-19 case reported from Sagar district, the official said, adding that the man does not have any travel history.</p>.<p>Even after testing positive for the disease, he posted a video on TikTok from the isolation facility of the hospital where he is admitted.</p>.<p>In this video, he was seen sporting a mask and asking people to pray for him.</p>.<p>"Following complaint that the coronavirus patient shot the video from the quarantine centre and uploaded it through internet, we took his mobile phone in our custody," Patel said.</p>.<p>After the man uploaded these videos on TikTok, several people mocked him for making fun of the mask.</p>
<p>A 25-year-old man, who in a TikTok video ridiculed the use of masks for protection against COVID-19, has tested positive for the disease in Madhya Pradesh's Sagar district, an official said on Sunday.</p>.<p>Authorities at the hospital where he is admitted had to seize his mobile phone as he kept posting more videos from the isolation facility even after testing positive.</p>.<p><strong><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/coronavirus-news-live-updates-lockdown-in-focus-as-indias-tally-goes-past-5800-global-toll-crosses-85000-817763.html" target="_blank">For latest updates and live news on coronavirus, click here</a></strong></p>.<p>His condition is stable, Sagar's Government Bundelkhand Medical College Dean Dr G S Patel told PTI.</p>.<p>In one of the videos, apparently shot after the COVID-19 outbreak in the country, the man was purportedly seen sitting on a bike and when someone asked him to wear a mask, he dismissed it saying, Is kapde ke tukde par kya bharosa rakhna, rakhna hai to us upar wale par rakho (why to trust a piece of cloth, keep faith in God).</p>.<p><strong><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tag/coronavirus" target="_blank">CORONAVIRUS SPECIAL COVERAGE ONLY ON DH</a></strong></p>.<p>In later part of the video, he was seen throwing a piece of cloth in the air while the song 'Faya Kun, Faya Kun', from the movie "Rockstar" played in the background.</p>.<p>Patel said the man came to the government hospital with complaints of cough and fever and tested positive for coronavirus on Friday.</p>.<p>This is the first COVID-19 case reported from Sagar district, the official said, adding that the man does not have any travel history.</p>.<p>Even after testing positive for the disease, he posted a video on TikTok from the isolation facility of the hospital where he is admitted.</p>.<p>In this video, he was seen sporting a mask and asking people to pray for him.</p>.<p>"Following complaint that the coronavirus patient shot the video from the quarantine centre and uploaded it through internet, we took his mobile phone in our custody," Patel said.</p>.<p>After the man uploaded these videos on TikTok, several people mocked him for making fun of the mask.</p>