Fri, 21 May 2021 17:32:54
District In-charge Secretary Dr M T Reju said a seal should be stamped on the hands of Covid positive people, who are in home isolation, to discourage them from roaming around and infecting others.
Presiding over a district-level review meeting held on Thursday, Reju directed officials to take stock of Covid situation in district. He said that people in home isolation should be confined to thei
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Fri, 21 May 2021 17:26:25
Leader of Opposition (LoP) in Karnataka Assembly Siddaramaiah on Friday said he will move a breach of privilege motion against the state government for denying permission for his proposed video conference meeting with district level officers to obtain information regarding measures taken for COVID-19 management.
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Fri, 21 May 2021 17:24:24
The Karnataka government will resume the COVID-19 vaccination drive for people in the 18-44 years age group from Saturday.
The frontline warriors will be the first to receive the jabs followed by other eligible groups in the list, the state government said in an order on Thursday.
The decision came eight days after the government ordered the suspension of the vaccination drive for this group
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Fri, 21 May 2021 17:22:28
Amid all indications that the Karnataka government will be extending the lockdown as the state battles second wave of COVID-19, Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa on Friday said he is holding discussions in this regard and will take a decision soon.
The state is currently under complete lockdown till May 24.
"We will sit and discuss tomorrow, tonight also I''m meeting Ministers, we will take a d
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Fri, 21 May 2021 17:20:02
Karnataka on Friday received the sixth Oxygen Express from Kanalus in Jamnagar in Gujarat carrying 72.94 metric tonnes of Liquid Medical Oxygen (LMO) in four cryogenic containers for COVID patients in the state.
According to the Chief Public Relation Officer of South Western Railway Aneesh Hegde, the Oxygen Express reached ICD Whitefield in Bengaluru in the morning.
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Fri, 21 May 2021 17:18:28
Accusing the Karnataka government of being lethargic towards managing epidemic diseases, JD(S) leader H D Kumaraswamy on Friday urged it to immediately declare 'black fungus' as an epidemic.
The former Chief Minister in a series of tweets, warned that there is danger of Karnataka witnessing higher number of black fungus infections as according to experts those recovered from COVID are getting i
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Fri, 21 May 2021 17:16:48
The daily coronavirus cases in Karnataka is witnessing a decline as the state registered 28,869 new infections, which was outnumbered by recoveries with 52,257 discharges.
However the number of fatalities continued to remain high at 548, the health department said on Thursday. While the total caseload was 23.35 lakh, the toll stood at 23,854.
During the last two days, the state has reported
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Fri, 21 May 2021 17:15:26
Gram Panchayats in Karnataka will get Rs 50,000 each as advance to shift coronavirus patients to COVID care centres, Karnataka Health Minister Dr K Sudhakar said on Thursday.
He was referring to the package announced by Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa on Wednesday.
Yediyurappa had said that 6,000 gram Panchayats will be given the sum in advance from the State Disaster Response Fund.
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Fri, 21 May 2021 17:12:58
The Karnataka High Court on Thursday questioned the state government for providing special permission to Vijayendra, son of Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa for travelling to Mysuru while lockdown was in force.
Karnataka CM BS Yediyurappa's son Vijayendra visited a temple in the Mysuru district's Nanjangud, while lockdown was in force.
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