"At present, the death rate due to the pandemic in the State is 1.62%. We are trying to reduce this below 1 per cent and related actions are being taken now," Dr K Sudhakar said. Express PhotoKarnataka Bengaluru Coronavirus News August 31 Highlights: BJP Karnataka President Nalin Kumar Kateel tested positive for COVID-19 on Sunday.
Kateel, who is also a member of Lok Sabha from Dakshina Kannada constituency said despite being asymptomatic, he was getting hospitalised on advise of doctors.
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“I underwent COVID-19 test and the reports have come out as positive. Despite being asymptomatic, on the advice of the doctors, I’m getting hospitalised,” Kateel, said in a tweet.
Expressing confidence that with the blessings and good wishes of the people he would return to serve them quickly, he requested all those who had come in contact with him to be cautious.
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Further noting that cows were “worshipped in our culture”, Sudhakar said, a detailed discussion on banning export of beef was required in both Houses of the Legislature. Express Photo
The Central Government is considering to set up All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) for Karnataka, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said on Monday.
Speaking at the virtual inauguration of a super specialty trauma block at Vijayanagara Institute of Medical Sciences in Ballari, Harsh Vardhan said, “I know that- AIIMS in Karnataka is under the active consideration of the Finance Department of the Government of India and that day will also soon come when we shall have an AIIMS in Karnataka also.”
The order issued in accordance with the Centre’s step-by-step relaxation of restrictions post-coronavirus lockdown further mentioned cinema halls, swimming pools, entertainment parks, theatres and similar places will remain closed. “However, open-air theatres will be permitted to open with effect from September 21,” the latest guidelines read.
At the same time, marriage-related gatherings will be permitted only with guests not exceeding 50 people. Gatherings for funerals should not exceed 20 people till September 20 after which the ceiling of 100 persons will apply, the order added.
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Karnataka will get four more medical colleges by 2021, Medical Education Minister Sudhakar K said on Monday.
“This includes the one in Chikkaballapura. Officials have been instructed to speed up the construction processes,” he told Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan in a video conference.
The Karnataka government has issued guidelines for phase 4 of Unlock in the state. The guidelines will come into effect on September 1 and will remain in place until the end of the month.
What's allowed outside the containment zones:
Travel by passenger trains, domestic flights, Vande Bharat, Air Transport Bubble Flights and sign-on and sign-off for sea travel will be regulated as per the SOPs laid down by the respective departments
The second phase trials for the Covishield coronavirus vaccine are underway at JSS Hospital in Mysuru, officials confirmed.
"The second phase which began on Saturday is now underway. The trial is being carried out on five healthy persons who volunteered to do so. Their reactions, allergies, and beneficial effects are being recorded keenly," an official said.
JSS Hospital, located at MG Road in the city, is among the 17 trial sites in India chosen by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and Serum Institute of India.
Officials added, "The first five volunteers in whom the candidate vaccine was administered, will be under observation till September 29. The same will be tried on other people only after this phase."
Karnataka is among the four Indian states that have reported surges and have been directed to urgently bring down the high positivity rate among healthcare workers. The states have also been asked to “seriously” consider making containment zones in areas where healthcare workers live, in order to bring the high positivity rate under control.
As on Sunday, Karnataka reported a cumulative 3,35,928 positive cases and 5589 coronavirus-related deaths. The other three states are Maharashtra, West Bengal, and Tamil Nadu.
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A tree was uprooted in Tank Bund road in Bengaluru due to overnight rains in the city. On Monday morning 6.40 am, the tree fell on an autorickshaw, according to traffic police, driver and two passengers of the auto were rescued by a Hoysala police on patrol.
The Karnataka government has appointed Shankargouda Eranagouda Patil as the state government’s special representative in New Delhi.
According to the notification, the post is of the rank of a cabinet minister. Shankargouda Eranagouda Patil, until now, served as one of the political secretaries to Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa.
BJP Karnataka President Nalin Kumar Kateel tested positive for COVID-19 on Sunday.
Kateel, who is also a member of Lok Sabha from Dakshina Kannada constituency said despite being asymptomatic, he was getting hospitalised on advise of doctors.
"I underwent COVID-19 test and the reports have come out as positive. Despite being asymptomatic, on the advice of the doctors, I'm getting hospitalised," Kateel, said in a tweet.
Expressing confidence that with the blessings and good wishes of the people he would return to serve them quickly, he requested all those who had come in contact with him to be cautious.
After five months of restriction on sale of liqour in pubs, clubs and restaurants in Karnataka, the governmmet has decided to all to serve liquor from September 1.
Karnataka Excise Minister H Nagesh said all the establishments will be allowed service of liquor, but with only 50 percent of their seating capacity. “The detailed guildlines will be announced on Monday. They have to maintain social distance and take all the precautionary measures for Covid-19,” H Nagesh said.
With restricted sales, the state has incurred an estimated loss of Rs 1435 crore till date, Nagesh added.
Earlier the government had allowed shops only to sell takeaway.
Cows were like a member of the family and it was a ‘crime’ to kill them, Karnataka Medical Education Minister K Sudhakar on Sunday said as the the BJP government in the state is mulling bringing back the anti-cow slaughter law.
He also said cow dung acts as a disinfectant, recalling his family had a few cows in the past. Terming cow slaughter a ‘sin’, the minister said he would request Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa to ban slaughtering of the animal in the state.
“Cow is like a member of the family and it's a crime to kill cows,” Sudhakar said at the inauguration of ‘Goshala’ (a shelter for cows) in Chikkaballapura, a release from his office said.
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