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"An estimated 36 to 40 per cent of the entire population in Karnataka are aged 18 or below. With minimal chances of people aged below 18 getting inoculated before October, they will continue to be the most vulnerable among the population then," said KSPCPR Chairman.

However, it clarified that the revised time interval is applicable only to Covishield and not Covaxin.

The exams were originally scheduled to be held from June 21 to July 5. Revised dates will be announced much ahead of the schedule.

Police officers from Mahalakshmi Layout police station in Bengaluru helped a private hospital arrange alternate medical oxygen after the facility reported a leak.

Karnataka Congress chief D K Shivakumar had accused the BBMP of 'humiliating the working class' by asking for identity papers before giving them food packets.

"Priority is given to those who need to get the second dose and to those above 45 years of age. Those between 18 and 45 will be provided with the vaccine once there is an adequate supply of vaccine," Gupta said.

KCET 2021 will be conducted on August 28 and 29 while the Kannada Language Test will be held on August 30

Karnataka Congress Chief D K Shivakumar said that such a system would help people across the state, also beyond Bengaluru, to combat the pandemic better.

The BBMP has also asked officials to ensure sufficient number of ambulances at each of the 28 triage centres.

While BBMP is in charge of the scheme within Bengaluru city limits, the government has entrusted the Department of Municipal Administration for the same in other districts.

Decentralized Triage and Emergency Response (DETER) Committees at ward-levels are being formed in the Karnataka capital, which will be overseen by the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike.

A senior civic official told Indianexpress.com that of the 17 Muslim staffers named by Surya, only 11 chose to return to work after the police gave them a clean chit. One has been arrested.

CCB officers said the three accused allegedly blocked real-time data entry to the Central Hospital Bed Management System hosted by the Bengaluru civic body.

Congress Legislative Party leader Siddaramaiah slammed the government for issuing such confusing rules, saying people will organise protests if steps are not taken to rectify matters.

According to officials of the health department, the number of vaccination centres will be increased gradually "as and when more vaccines will become available."

Meanwhile, with several employees working in war rooms that oversee the operations of the Central Hospital Bed Management System (CHBMS) of the BBMP choosing not to turn up for work on Friday, patients and caretakers experienced difficulties in finding a bed.

Among leaders in the forefront stressing the need of converting the state legislature's venue for winter session is Congress MLA Anjali Hemant Nimbalkar.

"It can be a very useful tool especially in smaller towns in our country owing to lack of easy access to CT scans."

Ramachandra Guha suggested that CM Yediyurappa and senior leaders like former Prime Minister H D Devegowda and former CM Siddaramaiah should look into the matter seriously.

The study initiated by voluntary researchers at the Stranded Workers Action Network (SWAN) indicated that the vulnerabilities experienced by migrant workers during the nationwide lockdown in 2020 had resurfaced this year.

While only two of the arrested have been identified by the police so far, a senior officer said the others would be named later.

As per a video live-streamed from Bangalore South BJP MP Tejasvi Surya's YouTube account, he is heard reading out names of 17 people, with Muslim names, while questioning the official in charge.

Another impact of the Twitter Spaces interaction was the formation of a volunteer group named 'Namma Team' to help people get hospital beds, oxygen and medicines.

Initially, the exams were scheduled to be conducted from May 24 to June 6.