Rural health workers in Ballari district who were deputed to Vijayanagara Institute of Medical Sciences (VIMS) for treating COVID-19 patients have expressed discontentment by stating that they were de
24x7 helpline launched in Hassan
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The Hassan district administration has launched a 24x7 helpline to take calls regarding COVID-19 cases in Hassan district. The public can contact the District Health and Family Welfare Officer’s office on 08172-246575 for queries on the infection and treatment.
K.M. Sathish Kumar, in a press communiqué on Sunday, said the staff would receive calls throughout the day. The public can call for information on the pandemic and treatment and other details, the officer said.Senior officers of the district administration visited marriage halls on Saturday and Sunday to spread awareness on the necessity of following COVID-19 guidelines.
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Check-posts at Karnataka – Maharashtra border to ensure only those with COVID-19 negative reports enter State
Constantly rising cases of COVID-19 in Maharashtra, which reported over 15,000 new cases and accounted for over 60% of active cases in the country, has posed a serious threat of the rapid spread of the infection in Bidar, Kalaburagi, Vijayapura and Belagavi districts that share the border with this State.
After a long lull, these districts have started seeing a steep rise in cases in the last 10 days. Kalaburagi, for instance, has constantly been reporting double-digit positive cases since the first day of March. It reported 37 new cases on Wednesday and 35 new cases on Saturday taking the number of active cases in the district to 277.
Controlling spread of virus a challenge in coastal areas
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This is because of the long-held bond with parts of Kerala, Maharashtra
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This is because of the long-held bond with parts of Kerala, Maharashtra
The deep-rooted socio-cultural, religious, and economic bond the coastal districts share with Kasaragod in Kerala and Mumbai, Pune, and Nasik in Maharashtra has made the task of controlling the spread of COVID-19 again from those two States challenging.
The coastal district administrations are sulking under the revised orders/circulars of the government on the one hand and “interferences” by policy makers to relax norms on the other hand. Checks imposed last month by Dakshina Kannada on Kerala arrivals is currently before the court now, with the next hearing being adjourned till March 18.