Millions of Indians spread across the globe one of the worlds largest diasporas are trying to do what they can to help their country of origin as heart-wrenching images of people lining up for oxygen cylinders, waiting outside hospitals for a bed or huddling around funeral pyres flash across their screens. Some have been unable to do anything to save family members who have succumbed to the disease.
HASSAN: Assembly elections in five states and byelections in over nine states could have been one of the triggers of the second wave of Covid-19 infections, BJP national general secretary and Karnataka MLA CT Ravi said on Thursday. “It is not entirely because of elections but it was one of the reasons,” Ravi said.
He admitted he is not fully satisfied with the Karnataka government’s measures to tackle the situation but claimed the Centre has been doing its best to ensure lives are saved. He said the BS Yediyurappa government needs to take additional measures to curb the spread of infections and also provide facilities like beds and oxygen to those who are affected. “Congress has to stop criticising the saffron party in these difficult times and help us fight the pandemic,” Ravi said.
In Chamarajanagar, people can expect results of their Covid-19 tests in a day
MYSURU: Amid a spike in Covid-19 cases across the country, one district in Karnataka has been faring relatively better than its neighbours in the state: Chamarajanagar.
The border district’s tally of active cases, as on Saturday, stood at 1,141. Among the reasons why Chamarajanagar has been more successful in containing the Covid 19 spread is the efficiency of its testing system.
Data from the Indian Council of Medical Research’s (ICMR) portal shows that the average time taken between collection of swabs from people to their delivery in the laboratories is the least among all districts of Karnataka in Chamarajanagar. This means that people learn of the results much sooner, thereby helping isolating those confirmed infected before it can spread among a wider section of the populace.
April 5, 2021
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