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* Conjunctivitis also a symptom, say docs
Cases of conjunctivitis or redness in the eyes are no longer being treated as mere eye infections. Such patients are now being taken to a separate triage and checked for travel history. Conjunctivitis can also be a symptom of Covid-19 infection, say doctors.
*Update at 9.42am: Death toll due to Covid-19 rises to 934 in country; cases climb to 29,435, reports PTI quoting Union health ministry
*Govt plans bus services for workers in industries
While the government has relaxed norms and allowed manufacturing and industrial establishments that are a part of special economic zones (SEZs), exportoriented units (EoUs) and industrial estates in green zones to resume operations, a shortage of labour is stymieing resumption of work.
Some 2,500 units have opened shutters for the first time since the lockdown came into force, but shortage of labourers is crippling production. About 3,000 more firms are planning to resume operations later this week, but are awaiting labourers, who are struggling to reach workplaces due to a lack of transportation.
Realising the concerns, the state government is planning to facilitate transportation of labourers by ensuring strict social distancing norms.
* Even after quarantine, TJ preachers can’t go home
Life has come a full circle for 12 Tablighi Jamaat (TJ) followers from Kerala, who are stuck in Karnataka as their home-state has allegedly turned them back, citing Covid-19 concerns and the lockdown.
Lodged at Haj Bhavan after they were found negative for Covid-19, the 12 and another Tamil Nadu preacher are now back in the same place. Only that they are now more vulnerable to contracting the infection as 17 Padarayanapura violence accused awaiting test results are giving them company at Haj Bhavan.
According to Bheemashankar Guled, DCP (northeast), the 13 preachers were accommodated in a Yelahanka hotel for some days, but had to be moved out for various reasons. They were later shifted to a Banaswadi hotel, but protest by locals prompted their return to Haj Bhavan.
* BBMP’s ‘overzealous’ moves in containment zones draw flak
The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP), which is at the frontline of the battle against Covid-19 in the city, has, over the past couple of days, drawn severe flak from experts – in the state’s own taskforce – for its “over aggressive” enforcement measures in containment zones and hotspots.
Much appreciated for the way it had enforced rules, the BBMP has now lost some of that sheen. A panel of experts appointed by the government has frowned on measures its recent actions, and plans to flag it at a meeting with chief minister BS Yediyurappa on Tuesday. The BBMP though insists it’s only following protocol.
* On March 25, when the country went into lockdown mode, only one district in Karnataka — Bengaluru Urban — was reporting more than 15 active Covid-19 cases (patients under treatment). Halfway through April, Mysuru and Belagavi had joined the capital city in the red zone. By Monday, three more districts joined the perilous ranks: Vijayapura, Bagalkot and Kalaburagi.
The latest entrants in red, though, were all in the orange zone (with 6-14 active cases) in mid-April. On the other hand, districts like Kodagu, Davanagere and Udupi that were in yellow zone (1-5 cases) at the beginning of the lockdown are now in green with not a single active case. They have joined 10 other districts which have not reported a single positive case throughout.
In all these districts, the health department has now begun checking for patients with Severe Acute Respiratory Infection and Influenzalike Illnesses.
* Conjunctivitis also a symptom, say docs
Cases of conjunctivitis or redness in the eyes are no longer being treated as mere eye infections. Such patients are now being taken to a separate triage and checked for travel history. Conjunctivitis can also be a symptom of Covid-19 infection, say doctors.
*Update at 9.42am: Death toll due to Covid-19 rises to 934 in country; cases climb to 29,435, reports PTI quoting Union health ministry
*Govt plans bus services for workers in industries
While the government has relaxed norms and allowed manufacturing and industrial establishments that are a part of special economic zones (SEZs), exportoriented units (EoUs) and industrial estates in green zones to resume operations, a shortage of labour is stymieing resumption of work.
Some 2,500 units have opened shutters for the first time since the lockdown came into force, but shortage of labourers is crippling production. About 3,000 more firms are planning to resume operations later this week, but are awaiting labourers, who are struggling to reach workplaces due to a lack of transportation.
Realising the concerns, the state government is planning to facilitate transportation of labourers by ensuring strict social distancing norms.
* Even after quarantine, TJ preachers can’t go home
Life has come a full circle for 12 Tablighi Jamaat (TJ) followers from Kerala, who are stuck in Karnataka as their home-state has allegedly turned them back, citing Covid-19 concerns and the lockdown.
Lodged at Haj Bhavan after they were found negative for Covid-19, the 12 and another Tamil Nadu preacher are now back in the same place. Only that they are now more vulnerable to contracting the infection as 17 Padarayanapura violence accused awaiting test results are giving them company at Haj Bhavan.
According to Bheemashankar Guled, DCP (northeast), the 13 preachers were accommodated in a Yelahanka hotel for some days, but had to be moved out for various reasons. They were later shifted to a Banaswadi hotel, but protest by locals prompted their return to Haj Bhavan.
* BBMP’s ‘overzealous’ moves in containment zones draw flak
The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP), which is at the frontline of the battle against Covid-19 in the city, has, over the past couple of days, drawn severe flak from experts – in the state’s own taskforce – for its “over aggressive” enforcement measures in containment zones and hotspots.
Much appreciated for the way it had enforced rules, the BBMP has now lost some of that sheen. A panel of experts appointed by the government has frowned on measures its recent actions, and plans to flag it at a meeting with chief minister BS Yediyurappa on Tuesday. The BBMP though insists it’s only following protocol.
* On March 25, when the country went into lockdown mode, only one district in Karnataka — Bengaluru Urban — was reporting more than 15 active Covid-19 cases (patients under treatment). Halfway through April, Mysuru and Belagavi had joined the capital city in the red zone. By Monday, three more districts joined the perilous ranks: Vijayapura, Bagalkot and Kalaburagi.
The latest entrants in red, though, were all in the orange zone (with 6-14 active cases) in mid-April. On the other hand, districts like Kodagu, Davanagere and Udupi that were in yellow zone (1-5 cases) at the beginning of the lockdown are now in green with not a single active case. They have joined 10 other districts which have not reported a single positive case throughout.
In all these districts, the health department has now begun checking for patients with Severe Acute Respiratory Infection and Influenzalike Illnesses.
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