Ashes to ashes: A hurdle at the very end
Ashes to ashes: A hurdle at the very end
BySridhar VivanSridhar Vivan / Updated: May 24, 2021, 06:00 IST
Barricades block the entrance to Manchanabele reservoir. A notice board states that ash immersion is prohibited.
As the number of covid deaths are increasing, many new challenges are also cropping up. On one hand, there is no place to immerse ashes of the covid victims, on the other, many relatives are refusing to collect ashes from crematoriums. Earlier, the number of people visiting
Srirangapatna to immerse ashes had increased. However, after immersion was banned at this site recently, the relatives of the deceased are scouting for newer places.
Lockdown in Karnataka: Minister makes BIG statement
Lockdown in Karnataka: Minister makes BIG statement
Cabinet ministers involved in the fight against the pandemic will meet before the present lockdown ends on May 24 to assess the situation. , File Photo
Updated: May 15, 2021, 02:17 PM IST
Karnataka Revenue Minister R. Ashoka on Friday favoured the extension of the 14-day lockdown to contain the COVID spread in the state, which is in the grip of the pandemic s second wave. As the 14-day lockdown since May 10 has helped us in controlling COVID cases, I am in favour of extending it beyond May 24 to contain the virus spread further, Ashoka told reporters here. Noting that new cases which were over 25,000 in a day in Bengaluru earlier declined to about 17,000 daily after the lockdown was imposed, Ashoka said its extension would further reduce the caseload.
Familial bonds can be highly infectious too
Familial bonds can be highly infectious too
ByPragna L KrupaPragna L Krupa / Updated: Apr 30, 2021, 06:00 IST
With no one to help the critically ill, C+ family members have to do the running around
With entire families catching covid, some members who are relatively okay despite having tested positive, have no option but to run from one
hospital to the other to get treatment for their kith and kin. For no fault of theirs, these people end up becoming super spreaders.
Ajith (name changed), 29, said that his mother tested positive first in their house and was admitted to a private hospital for treatment. Soon, his father, his brother and he also tested positive. “My brother too was in a critical condition and had to be admitted to a hospital while my mother was discharged two days ago. My father started experiencing breathlessness all of a sudden and I had to rush him to the hospital. We had to take him to three to four different hos
Around 3,000 COVID-19 patients missing in Bengaluru: Minister ANI | Updated: Apr 29, 2021 14:15 IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], April 29 (ANI): Karnataka Revenue Minister R Ashoka on Thursday revealed that around 2,000 to 3,000 COVID-19 infected patients have gone missing in Bengaluru as they have switched off their phones and vacated their houses.
Speaking to reporters, Ashoka said, 2,000-3,000 COVID19 positive patients have switched off their phones and vacated their homes. This could lead to the spread of coronavirus. Later they have to run for ICU beds. Police is trying to track them. We are giving free medicines to people which can control 90 per cent of the cases, but they have switched off their mobile phones. They reach the hospitals in a critical stage to desperately look for ICU beds. This is what is happening now.
Stay +ve, get -ve
Don’t panic if your RT-PCR test shows a
positive result, say doctors and offer practical tips to beat the virus
When hospitals around the city ran out of beds, doctors said that not every patient of covid requires hospitalisation and most cases with mild symptoms can be treated at home. The key point that the doctors made was that “staying cool” and “being positive” are very important to beat covid infections.
Health Minister
Dr K Sudhakar said that only extreme cases of covid patients need to be shifted to hospitals and beds can be made available for these severe cases only. Revenue Minister