Bengaluru, May 13 (UNI) Former Karnataka chief minister and the Leader of Opposition in the State Assembly Siddaramaiah on Thursday said the second COVID wave is spreading at faster rate in rural areas and this is causing great concern.
In a series of tweets, he said that this is a very dangerous trend. Experts have observed that more than 55 per cent of the cases in our State are being reported from rural areas against just 30 per cent last month.
He said that the miserable state of rural health infrastructure was exposed in the first wave only. Yet, the government failed to improve the situation. It is unfortunate that the ruling BJP government has failed to act even after the Chamarajanagar oxygen crisis that claimed the lives of 28 patients.
Stating that district in-charge Ministers should be made responsible to control Covid -19 in their districts, he said that the state government should direct all the Ministers to stay in their respective districts and monitor the situation.
He said that the government should concentrate on other districts, taluks and villages also. There is still time for the government to improve health infra in rural areas by increasing beds, oxygen supply, health care staff and others.
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