The fear of Corona virus has increased in the state and regarding making masks mandatory for New Year celebrations, Health Minister K. Sudhakar responded. Karnataka: Mask mandatory amid Covid cases rises.
Talking to the reporters, he said that we will take a decision in 3-4 days after looking at the situation regarding making masks mandatory for the New Year celebrations. Earlier, daily 2 to 3 thousand covid tests were done. Now we are increasing covid testing in Bangalore.
While the central government has already announced guidelines for controlling Corona, the state government has called a high-level meeting today. Detailed guidelines are likely to be published after the meeting. Actions taken to control Covid are based on scientific evidence, not political reasons, Karnataka Health Minister Dr K. Sudhakar said on Friday.
Karnataka Health Minister K Sudhakar on Friday denounced the political twist being given to the state government’s Covid-19-related advisory, by the opposition parties, saying it was issued based on scientific evidence and not for political reasons. While Congress leader Rahul Gandhi is continuing his ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ across the country, the JD(S) second-in-command H D Kumaraswamy is conducting the ‘Pancharatna Yatra.’
With just four months left for the assembly elections in Karnataka, the political atmosphere in the state is charged. However, given the Covid situation in certain parts of the world, especially, China and the United States, the Karnataka government issued an advisory about the dos and don’ts.
The JD(S) has come down heavily on the government’s move, saying the advisory is aimed at restricting it from taking out ‘Pancharatna Yatra.’ Reacting to the accusation, the Health Minister said, “Action taken to control Covid-19 is based on scientific evidence and not political reasons.”
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“I can only pity them because Kumaraswamy has been touring the state for the past 30 days and abstained from the very important winter session of the assembly in Belagavi, Sudhakar told reporters in Belagavi.
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