Amid prevalent chaos and uncertainty over access to the essential services and commodities during the lockdown, we bring you the latest updates from your city.
* Updates at 10.30am: Death toll due to Covid-19 in India rises to 718; number of cases climb to 23,077: Union health ministry.
* Update at 9.30am: Karnataka: 2 people among 121 arrested for violence against health workers in Bengaluru's Padrayanpura & lodged at Ramanagara Jail have tested positive for coronavirus. The 2 accused have now been shifted to city's Victoria Hospital. Remaining 119 accused to be shifted to Bengaluru. (ANI)
* Parts of Bengaluru abuzz on day 1 of eased curbs; govt offers more
Nearly 40 days after Karnataka declared a lockdown to check the spread of coronavirus, several parts of Bengaluru — and rest of the state — were abuzz with commerce and commuters on Thursday after stringent curbs were eased for a limited number of sectors and businesses.
* Four +ve patients with respiratory problems infect 73 people in Karnataka
Four Severe Acute Respiratory Infection (SARI) patients who tested positive for Covid-19 have infected 73 others in the state. It’s still a mystery how they contracted the virus. Karnataka has seen 33 SARI cases so far and the four cases under the lens triggered off a larger spread of infection. For instance, one man with SARI (patient No. 52 in the state records) in Nanjangud of Mysuru district has infected 26 of his primary and secondary contacts.
* 2 arrested for attacking doctors test +ve in jail
Two of the 54 Padarayanapura violence accused lodged in Ramanagara district jail, about 50km from Bengaluru, have tested positive for Covid-19, sending alarm bells ringing in the state government.
* Central team takes stock in Nanjangud
The Nanjangud pharma firm case took a curious turn with the Centre deputing a team of medical experts to take stock of the cluster outbreak. The state has entrusted the police with the task of finding the cause of the outbreak, but sleuths have had little success till date.
* After Centre, state may suspend DA for its staff
The cash-starved state government is expected to stop paying the Dearness Allowance (DA) instalment to its employees on the lines of the Centre. Sources said chief minister BS Yediyurappa held hectic parleys with officials on Thursday soon after the Union government announced the rollback of DA payable to central government employees and pensioners from January 1 this year.
* Updates at 10.30am: Death toll due to Covid-19 in India rises to 718; number of cases climb to 23,077: Union health ministry.
* Update at 9.30am: Karnataka: 2 people among 121 arrested for violence against health workers in Bengaluru's Padrayanpura & lodged at Ramanagara Jail have tested positive for coronavirus. The 2 accused have now been shifted to city's Victoria Hospital. Remaining 119 accused to be shifted to Bengaluru. (ANI)
* Parts of Bengaluru abuzz on day 1 of eased curbs; govt offers more
Nearly 40 days after Karnataka declared a lockdown to check the spread of coronavirus, several parts of Bengaluru — and rest of the state — were abuzz with commerce and commuters on Thursday after stringent curbs were eased for a limited number of sectors and businesses.
* Four +ve patients with respiratory problems infect 73 people in Karnataka
Four Severe Acute Respiratory Infection (SARI) patients who tested positive for Covid-19 have infected 73 others in the state. It’s still a mystery how they contracted the virus. Karnataka has seen 33 SARI cases so far and the four cases under the lens triggered off a larger spread of infection. For instance, one man with SARI (patient No. 52 in the state records) in Nanjangud of Mysuru district has infected 26 of his primary and secondary contacts.
* 2 arrested for attacking doctors test +ve in jail
Two of the 54 Padarayanapura violence accused lodged in Ramanagara district jail, about 50km from Bengaluru, have tested positive for Covid-19, sending alarm bells ringing in the state government.
* Central team takes stock in Nanjangud
The Nanjangud pharma firm case took a curious turn with the Centre deputing a team of medical experts to take stock of the cluster outbreak. The state has entrusted the police with the task of finding the cause of the outbreak, but sleuths have had little success till date.
* After Centre, state may suspend DA for its staff
The cash-starved state government is expected to stop paying the Dearness Allowance (DA) instalment to its employees on the lines of the Centre. Sources said chief minister BS Yediyurappa held hectic parleys with officials on Thursday soon after the Union government announced the rollback of DA payable to central government employees and pensioners from January 1 this year.
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