Family members of Covid-19 patients stand outside ICU ward at K C General Hospital in Bengaluru on Thursday. ANI Photo
BENGALURU: Karnataka on Friday announced that the state would continue the “stringent measures” and enforce the present lockdown measures till June 7.
The present lockdown was supposed to end by May 24.
On Friday evening, when Karnataka reported 32218 fresh cases in the state with 9591 in Bengaluru alone, chief minister BS Yediyurappa held a meeting with his senior cabinet colleagues and also officials to decide on the next possible measure to further reduce the tally of cases and reduce the number of deaths due to Covid-19 in the state.
Representative image
BENGALURU: Karnataka on Thursday received the fifth consignment of Oxygen Express from Jamshedpur carrying 160 tonnes of Liquid Medical Oxygen in eight containers, the South Western Railway said. The 5th #OxygenExpress to Karnataka arrived at Whitefield, Bengaluru at 1:55am, with 160T LMO in 8 containers from Tatanagar, the SWR tweeted.
With this, the state received 640 metric tonnes of LMO by rail so far.
On Tuesday, the state had received 120 tonnes of LMO from Jamshedpur.
The demand for oxygen has gone up with the rise is Covid cases in the state.
There were 34,281 fresh infections and 468 fatalities on Wednesday while there are 5.59 lakh active cases in the state.
Scooterist fined for flouting lockdown norms in Bengaluru. (Photo: PTI)
BENGALURU: The state government will take a call on extending the lockdown beyond May 24 over the next two or three days.
Discussions are on regarding extending the lockdown in Karnataka, but no decision has been taken yet on the matter, chief minister B S Yediyurappa said, as the state battles the second wave of Covid-19.
During the lockdown, all non-essential services will be prohibited. However, individuals engaged in essential services are allowed to move in the state, but with essential e-passes. Here s how to apply for e-passes: Passes can be obtained by applying on the Karnataka Seva Sindhu website.
Three persons from Lakshmipuram in Indiranagar allegedly assaulted a 20-year-old nursing student and her father on Friday evening, alleging their family was the cause of spreading Covid-19 infections.
BENGALURU: Three persons from Lakshmipuram in Indiranagar allegedly assaulted a 20-year-old nursing student and her father on Friday evening, alleging their family was the cause of spreading Covid-19 infections.
Police have taken up a case of assault and criminal intimidation against three persons named by student Priyadarshini R. Her neighbours Prabhu, his brother Arjun and their cousin Ram are the alleged suspects.
Priyadarshini told police that her mother tested positive in September 2020 and recovered. Since then, the suspects blamed her family members for infections in the area. Her father Rajendra Prasad found the trio abusing his family members in filthy language on Friday evening. He objected to the language. The trio allegedly assaulted Prasad. Priyadarshini noticed Ram w