Covid Third Wave Fear: Karnataka Likely to Impose Partial Lockdown from August 16

Bengaluru: The state facing fear of covid third wave, media reports on Wednesday claimed that the Karnataka government may impose partial lockdown in the state from August 16 and sources close to the state government said that the government is likely to impose a partial lockdown from August 16 across the state.

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Three day before revenue minister R Ashok give some hints, he said Bengaluru could see stringent measures in place after August 15 to prevent a possible third wave of Covid19. The decision was announced after a meeting of officials of the civic body and revenue minister R Ashok to review Covid situation in the city.

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“There won’t be any change to the existing relaxations until August 15. There could be looking at the number of cases being reported in the city. Imposing of weekend curfew in Bengaluru is being discussed if the positivity rate goes above 2%,” said R Ashok who’s also the minister in-charge of Bangalore.

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The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike will also conduct a door-to-door survey in Bengaluru to understand the extent of vaccination coverage in the city. Last month, Chief Minister Besavaraj Bommai had said that strict measures will be imposed if the state records an increasing number of COVID cases.

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Earlier, the chief minister had ordered the district administrations to strictly monitor the situation in their respective jurisdictions and to impose additional containment measures as they feel required. The state government had also asked the districts for strict surveillance measures to be implemented at the border posts as per the prevailing guidelines.