Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa on Tuesday urged the people of the state to follow COVID-19 guidelines of wearing masks, maintaining physical distance, as he announced that the lockdown for Bengaluru won’t be extended
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Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa on Tuesday urged the people of the state to follow COVID-19 guidelines of wearing masks, maintaining physical distance, as he announced that the lockdown for Bengaluru won’t be extended. “I want to make it clear, no lockdown in Bengaluru from tomorrow. People continue with their work as per usual. Henceforth in Bengaluru and any part of Karnataka there will be no lockdown except in containment zones,” the CM said in a video address which was broadcasted live. ‘There were a few officials who were in favour of continuing lockdown in some districts and Imade it very clear to them that henceforth, there should be talk of another lockdown. Ensure everybody wears masks and resume their normal activities’ “I fold my hands and tell the people of this state that lockdown is not the solution. The solution is wearing masks, maintaining distance and how strictly this is followed, it will help stop the spread of COVID-19. In this situation, if we want to live, we have to maintain distance and wear masks. Everyone must do this while walking, going to parks and all other situations,” the CM added He acknowledged the suggestion given by experts and said the 5Ts strategy - Trace, track, test, treat technology - will help stop the spread of the virus. He said for every COVID-19 positive patient, 47 contacts were traced in the state. On the issue of rising complaints of patient denied treatment, the CM claimed the process to admit COVID-19 patients, people with other illnesses in hospital beds has been smoothened in the state. He also claimed that “Among infected persons, 5% need ventilators or ICU. In Bengaluru, 11230 beds were allocated for COVID-19 patients. 4336 beds in private hospitals, 2624 beds in CCC, less than thousand in govt hospitals. To admit patients, a real time dashboard was readied. There is no need for the public to worry and the government is putting all its efforts, Private medical colleges have ratified the issues by holding discussions. All private hospitals have agreed to give beds and join hands with the government.” the CM said. He added, “There were a couple of cases of suicides. I am telling you that most people are recovering and I pray to people to not think of turning to suicide.” The lockdown which is due to be lifted on Wednesday at 5 am was announced by the CM on July 11. According to the announcement Bengaluru Urban and Bengaluru Rural districts went on a total lockdown from 8 pm on July 14 to 5 am on July 22 will go for a total shutdown. Only stores selling essentials were allowed to remain open between 5 am to 12 pm. The announcement had come in the wake of successive days of Bengaluru city reporting 1,000-plus cases. During the lockdown, the city saw three consecutive days of 2,000-plus cases incidentally Till Monday evening, the city has 25,574 activ COVID-19 patients. Presently, there are 6160 containment zones in Bengaluru of which 2014 are in Bengaluru South.
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