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*1.08pm: Karnataka chief minister B S Yediyurappa says he will give up one meal in response to a call given by BJP president J P Nadda to party workers on its foundation day to show solidarity with people facing hardships during lockdown. (PTI)
*12.21pm: Chikkamagalur district officers help in construction of a man's house at a remote village in Kalasa. Officials were there to distribute PDS ration.
*Karnataka, which figures among the top 10 states in Covid-19 incidence, has been allocated only Rs 396 crore of the Rs 11,067 crore released by the Centre under the State Disaster Risk Management Fund (SDRF) to fight the pandemic.
*Dakshina Kannada district administration has released a list and phone numbers of online delivery agencies, stores and supermarkets willing to do home deliveries in Mangaluru. However, not all of them are able to cater to the increase in demand.
*Four people from Belagavi tested positive for Covid-19 on Sunday.
*Tablighi Jamaat (TJ) attendee’s 60-year-old spouse contacting Covid-19 despite her husband’s test results showing no signs of infection could be Karnataka’ first case of asymptomatic transmission.
*A 33-year-old man who returned to Dharwad from Australia, and had tested positive for Covid-19, was discharged from the Karnataka Institute of Medical Sciences (KIMS) in Hubballi on Sunday after the doctors confirmed that he had recovered fully.
*Defence Research Development Laboratory, which in addition to manufacturing N-99 five-layered masks, has ordered a Mysuru-based private firm to manufacture 30,000 ventilators to help bridge the supply gap.
*Mysuru could remain closed beyond April 14.
B Harshavardhan, BJP legislator from Nanjangud, indicated operations at Jubilant Life Sciences plant in the town, the epicentre of a cluster outbreak, will remain closed even if the lockdown is lifted – which is becoming more unlikely with each passing day – on April 14.
*A locally built ‘disinfectant tunnel’ has come in handy for the administration in Gauribidanur town, Chikkaballapura district, to ward off the threat of a Covid-19 infection even as townsfolk go about purchasing essentials every day.
*Chief minister BS Yediyurappa on Sunday again urged people to strictly follow lockdown norms to ensure the spread of the novel coronavirus is contained. Raising concerns over the steady rise in Covid-19 positive cases in the state, especially in the districts of Bidar, Mysuru, Bengaluru Urban and Kalaburgi – all hotposts –the chief minister reiterated that relaxation of lockdown measures post April 14 will depends on how strictly people follow norms.
*Two women and three men who attended the Tablighi Jamaat congregation in Delhi were among seven people who tested positive for Covid-19 in the past 24 hours, taking the total count of those infected in Karnataka to 151. Four of the Tabligh delegates are from Raibag in Belagavi while one is from Ballari.
*1.08pm: Karnataka chief minister B S Yediyurappa says he will give up one meal in response to a call given by BJP president J P Nadda to party workers on its foundation day to show solidarity with people facing hardships during lockdown. (PTI)
*12.21pm: Chikkamagalur district officers help in construction of a man's house at a remote village in Kalasa. Officials were there to distribute PDS ration.
*Karnataka, which figures among the top 10 states in Covid-19 incidence, has been allocated only Rs 396 crore of the Rs 11,067 crore released by the Centre under the State Disaster Risk Management Fund (SDRF) to fight the pandemic.
*Dakshina Kannada district administration has released a list and phone numbers of online delivery agencies, stores and supermarkets willing to do home deliveries in Mangaluru. However, not all of them are able to cater to the increase in demand.
*Four people from Belagavi tested positive for Covid-19 on Sunday.
*Tablighi Jamaat (TJ) attendee’s 60-year-old spouse contacting Covid-19 despite her husband’s test results showing no signs of infection could be Karnataka’ first case of asymptomatic transmission.
*A 33-year-old man who returned to Dharwad from Australia, and had tested positive for Covid-19, was discharged from the Karnataka Institute of Medical Sciences (KIMS) in Hubballi on Sunday after the doctors confirmed that he had recovered fully.
*Defence Research Development Laboratory, which in addition to manufacturing N-99 five-layered masks, has ordered a Mysuru-based private firm to manufacture 30,000 ventilators to help bridge the supply gap.
*Mysuru could remain closed beyond April 14.
B Harshavardhan, BJP legislator from Nanjangud, indicated operations at Jubilant Life Sciences plant in the town, the epicentre of a cluster outbreak, will remain closed even if the lockdown is lifted – which is becoming more unlikely with each passing day – on April 14.
*A locally built ‘disinfectant tunnel’ has come in handy for the administration in Gauribidanur town, Chikkaballapura district, to ward off the threat of a Covid-19 infection even as townsfolk go about purchasing essentials every day.
*Chief minister BS Yediyurappa on Sunday again urged people to strictly follow lockdown norms to ensure the spread of the novel coronavirus is contained. Raising concerns over the steady rise in Covid-19 positive cases in the state, especially in the districts of Bidar, Mysuru, Bengaluru Urban and Kalaburgi – all hotposts –the chief minister reiterated that relaxation of lockdown measures post April 14 will depends on how strictly people follow norms.
*Two women and three men who attended the Tablighi Jamaat congregation in Delhi were among seven people who tested positive for Covid-19 in the past 24 hours, taking the total count of those infected in Karnataka to 151. Four of the Tabligh delegates are from Raibag in Belagavi while one is from Ballari.
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