Goats quarantined and tested in Karnataka after shepherd gets COVID-19

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Villagers alerted officials when they noticed that some goats and sheep at Godekere village in Tumakuru district were having respiratory problems.

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About 50 goats and sheep have been kept in isolation at a village in Tumakuru district of Karnataka after the shepherd tested positive for coronavirus, officials said on Tuesday. This was done after the villagers were alarmed when they noticed that some goats and sheep at Godekere village in Gollarahatti taluk were having respiratory problems, an officer in the animal husbandry department of the district said. Speaking on the condition of anonymity, the officer told PTI: "A few of the animals, whom the shepherd had reared, developed respiratory problems. Now that there is coronavirus scare everywhere, people are afraid that the animals too have contracted the disease." The villagers sought the help of Karnataka Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister JC Madhuswamy, who is the Tumakuru district in-charger. The minister, in turn, directed the animal husbandry department to probe the matter following which department officials rushed to the village and collected samples. He has also asked the Deputy Commissioner of the district, K Rakesh Kumar, to investigate the matter.  Veterinary experts suspect that the animals are suffering from Peste des petits ruminants (PPR), also known as goat plague, and mycoplasma infection. The officer said the samples collected from the animals have been sent to the Institute of Animal Health and Veterinary Biologicals and Animal Diseases Laboratory in Bhopal. According to him, the prevalence of COVID-19 has not been recorded in goats and sheep. The animals have been quarantined as PPR and mycoplasma too are communicable diseases and can spread to other animals, he added. However, animals testing positive for the novel coronavirus is not unheard of. In the United States, a tiger at a zoo in New York was the first animal to test positive, according to the US Centre for Disease Control. The CDC said that the virus can be transmitted to “cats, dogs, and a few other types of animals” and in the US, they became sick after having come in contact with infected people.

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Complete lockdown on 5 Sundays in Karnataka, marriages fixed will be allowed

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However, the number of guests should not exceed 50 in marriage-related gatherings.

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There will be a complete lockdown on five Sundays in Karnataka, starting from July 5 to August 2, the state government's Unlock-2 guidelines said on Tuesday. However, essential activities and marriages already fixed on these days shall be permitted, a Government Order said. However, the number of guests should not exceed 50 in marriage-related gatherings. The order issued by Chief Secretary TM Vijay Bhaskar by and large implements the Unlock 2 guidelines issued by the centre, that will be in force until July 31. On night curfew, it said movement of individuals would be strictly prohibited between 8.00 pm to 5.00 am throughout the state, except for essential activities, including operation of industrial units in multiple shifts, movement of persons and goods on national and state highways and major district roads. Loading and unloading of cargo and travel of persons to their destinations after disembarking from buses, trains and airplanes are exempted from night curfew. With effect from July 10, all government offices, Boards and Corporations, except those operating and maintaining essential services, shall remain closed on all Saturdays till the second week of August, the order said, adding that this in addition to the existing holidays on 2nd and 4th Saturdays. Schools, colleges, educational and coaching institutions will continue to remain closed till July 31 as prescribed by the centre. However, training institutions of the central and state government will be allowed to function from July 15, for which Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) will be issued by the Department of Personnel & Training (DOPT) and Department of Personnel and Administrative Reforms, it said. International air travel of passengers, Metro Rail,cinema halls, gymnasiums,swimming pools,entertainment parks,theatres, bars, auditoriums, assembly halls and similar places, social, political, sports, entertainment, academic, cultural,religious functions and other large congregations continue to remain prohibited, it added. The lockdown would continue to remain in force in the containment zones, where only essential activities will be allowed.

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6,500 more beds to be made ready for COVID-19 patients in Karnataka soon

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The state government will hire 1,500 doctors and 6,000 nurses too, in the near future.

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In order to increase the treatment capacity for COVID-19 patients needing active medical support, the Karnataka government is adding 6,500 beds across the state in the coming days, reported The Times of India.  The state government has decided based on the diagnosis that patients who do not need active medical care will be kept in COVID-19 care centres. For this same purpose, the state government will hire 1,500 doctors and 6,000 nurses too, in the near future. In a meeting chaired by Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa and attended by private hospital representatives on Tuesday, it was decided that 4,500 beds in 11 private medical colleges in Bengaluru will be made available for this crisis.  It was also decided that all private hospitals having more than 200 beds will have to reserve 25% of their beds for COVID-19 treatment. The Hindu reported that this will increase the number of COVID-19 beds from 2,200 to 4,500 in private facilities alone. All these beds have been promised to be made ready in a time of two weeks. This was the second successive day that the CM met private healthcare players to increase the scope of pandemic management in the state. Further efforts were made to make beds available at government run medical colleges across the length and breadth of the state. Medical Education Minister K Sudhakar and Revenue Minister R Ashoka along with Chief Secretary Vijay Bhaskar, were also part of the meeting.  Speaking after the meeting, Minister Sudhakar said that three government medical colleges in Bengaluru alone have kept 1,000 beds along with oxygen and ventilator facilities available for COVID-19 treatment.  He further said a central allotment committee will keep in touch with nodal officers of these medical colleges for scientific allotment of beds. On the issue of pricing, prices fixed by the government will also apply to private medical colleges just like in the case of private hospitals, he said.  The Hindu reported that this bed allotting facility will soon take off in Bengaluru in the next 2-3 days quoting a note from the Chief Minister’s Office. In addition to the beds, the CM also said that to ramp up the state’s testing efforts, all medical colleges in the state barring 10 will be equipped with COVID-19 testing labs.

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FDA spells out guidelines for approving Covid-19 vaccines

The agency also left open the possibility it would issue an emergency use authorization for a vaccine.

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Trump officials suggest some states skipped over reopening guidelines

“I am quite concerned about what we are seeing evolve in four states,” Anthony Fauci told the Senate health panel, without naming the states.

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Bengaluru reports 503 new cases, contacts of all patients not known yet

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Karnataka reported 20 more COVID-19 deaths, taking the state’s death toll to 246.

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Karnataka reported 947 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday according to the state health bulletin taking the total number of cases in the state to 15,242. More than half of the new cases reported in the state came from Bengaluru city. With 235 discharges across the state and 20 more deaths, the number of active patients undergoing treatment across the state stands at 7,074. The statewide COVID-19 death toll as of Tuesday is 246. In another day of high cases for Bengaluru, 503 new cases were recorded in the capital city Bengaluru. With 10 discharges and four more deaths recorded in the day, the number of active patients in the city stands at 3,916.  For the first time since Saturday, the infection history column in the new case details section of the bulletin has resurfaced. Incidentally, all cases reported in Bengaluru were designated as “contact under tracing,” suggesting that the patients had no known source of infection either by travel history or contact with already infected patients. Other than Bengaluru, no other district reported more than 100 cases in the state. Ballari (61), Haveri (49) Dakshina Kannada (44), Uttara Kannada (40) and Vijayapura (39) are the other districts which reported more than 30 cases on Sunday. Shivamogga district reported 22 cases while Bengaluru Rural reported 21 cases.  Dharwad and Bidar reported 17 cases each. Hassan reported 16, while Kalaburagi and Raichuru districts reported 15 cases each. Chikkaballapura (13), Davanagere (12), Ramanagara (12), and Chikkamagaluru (10) were the other districts which reported more than 10 cases. All other districts reported less than 10 cases for the day. Patients under critical care A total of 271 patients in the state suffering from COVID-19 have been admitted to the intensive care units (ICU) of which Bengaluru had 171 patients. Dharwada is treating 17 patients in ICUs, while Kalaburagi has 14 patients who are on ventilator support. Other districts reported less than 10 patients currently in ICUs. Case fatalities Among the 20 patients whose deaths were registered on Tuesday, two persons were in their early thirties. Eight of them were 60 years of age or above. One 31-year-old woman in Ballari who had diabetes and complained of breathlessness and another 32-year-old man in Belagavi who had Severe Acute Respiratory Infection (SARI) succumbed to the disease. A 36-year-old man in Mysuru who was diagnosed with Influenza-like Illness (ILI) was also among the 20 deceased. Other than a 44-year-old man from Kolar and a 45-year-old man from Bengaluru, both of whom were diagnosed with SARI, the rest were all either 50 years of age or above. 

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Bangalore Uni students left in lurch as govt converts hostels into COVID Care Centres

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The move has left the students angry about the sudden development forcing them to pack up and leave without any prior arrangements made for their stay or transportation.

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The administration at Bangalore University asked its students staying in two women’s hostels to vacate. There are about 550 students currently staying in the hostels - one for Northeast students and one SC/ST students. TV9 reported that this sudden announcement to move the hostel dwellers from their accommodations comes as the government has asked Bangalore University to convert its hostels into a COVID Care Centre(CCC). These COVID Care Centres will be used to house those who test positive for the novel coronavirus but are asymptomatic. The move has left the students angry about the sudden development forcing them to pack up and leave without prior arrangements made for their stay or transportation. Though the number of students currently staying in the women’s hostels is less, many have left behind their belongings in their rooms and have returned to their hometowns, TV9’s report said. The students who are currently still staying in the hostels may not have a place to go, or have come from far flung places and are left in the lurch. Students alleged that they were threatened by the police with cases if they refused to leave. They also said that the locks of the doors were broken. Kataria, an official with the Bruhut Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) said that they had requested the students to vacate the hostels, with one already having been converted into a CCC. The official also claimed that there was no one in the girls hostel. “It was locked, and there are about 200 rooms in the hostel. Each room has two beds, and we have to only add two additional beds into each room, as the rooms are quite spacious.” Students, who had been forced to vacate the hostel, however said that there is no transportation arranged for them to return to their native places, with neither the BBMP nor the Bangalore University Registrar helping.

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