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BENGALURU: At a time when people are facing the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been an outbreak of the foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) in cattle in Karnataka and this has caused concern among farmers. Experts say the Union Government not carrying out the previous round of FMD vaccination owing to COVID-19 has resulted in the outbreak.
Similar to COVID-19, an animal infected with FMD needs to be kept in isolation as the disease first identified in 1883 can spread through the cattle s saliva, urine, dung and even air and is highly contagious. Under the National Animal Disease Control Programme, vulnerable animals, mainly cows and buffaloes, are vaccinated once every six months. The protection period of vaccination is 180 days.
No cases of bird flu in Karnataka; tests negative, says State Health Minister K Sudhakar
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Last Updated: Jan 09, 2021, 04:09 PM IST
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The minister also said that COVID-19 vaccines are expected to arrive in the state soon and would be administered as per the instructions or guidelines that will be issued by the Centre.
BENGALURU: Karnataka Health Minister K Sudhakar on Saturday said there was no case of bird flu in the state and all the tests done so far have turned negative. The minister also said that COVID-19 vaccines are expected to arrive in the state soon and would be administered as per the instructions or guidelines that will be issued by the Centre.
New Year celebrations at public places banned in Karnataka
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December 29, 2020
Bengaluru, Dec 28: Karnataka Home Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Monday said that the state government will not allow any New Year celebrations at public places in view of the emergence of a new strain of Covid-19 virus in the United Kingdom. There will be no New Year celebrations at public places, due to COVID-19 and the emergence of the new strain of the virus in the United Kingdom, stated Basavaraj Bommai.
Bengaluru Police Commissioner Kamal Pant said that Section 144 of CRPC would be imposed across the city from 6 pm on December 31 till 6 am on January 1 in the light of the Covid-19 pandemic.
The JD(S) support became crucial for passage of the bill as the BJP is short of a majority in the 75-member upper house. JD(S) leader and former chief minister HD Kumaraswamy, who bailed out the BS Yediyurappa regime on Wednesday by voting in favour of the land reforms law, did not come to the BJPs rescue on the controversial cow-slaughter bill.