Bengaluru adds 5214 containment zones, total active at 21020

However, the total number of containment zones in Bengaluru was not updated and remained at 30,928.

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Bengaluru reported 5,214 new containment zones in the city, taking the total number of active containment zones to 21,020. However, there seems to be an error in the latest bulletin, as the total number of containment zones was not updated, and remained at 30,928 as it did on Wednesday. This comes a day after Bengaluru did not update its containment zone numbers. The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) also did not provide an updated zone-wise breakup of the containment zones. As per the last update, 68% containment zones are active in Bengaluru, while 32% have returned to normal status. The city recorded 3,571 new COVID-19 patients on Wednesday, the highest number of them (less than 600) being men in the 30 to 39 age group, followed by those in the 20-29 age group. Among women too, the same age groups reported the highest and second highest coronavirus cases respectively. The same trajectory was seen in the 3,773 recoveries reported on Wednesday, with the 30 to 39 age group recording the highest number at around 600. Of the 27 deaths reported on the given day, the 60 to 69 age group had almost an equal number of casualties (around five) as the above 70 age group. The zone-wise breakup of the new cases reported in the last 24 hours is as follows: Bengaluru West and Yelahanka had 16% of the cases each, east zone had 15%, south zone 14%, Bommanahalli 13%, and RR Nagara and Mahadevapura had 11% of the cases each. Bengaluru south and west zones reported the highest number of COVID-19 recoveries on Wednesday (around 400), followed by east zone (around 350). Bengaluru has been reporting close to or over 3,000 COVID-19 daily cases in the last ten days. Only on two days during this period did the city record less than that – 2,942 patients on September 6, and 2,966 on September 13. The active rate in the city is at 21.88%, while the positivity rate is at 13.96%. The recovery rate and death rate are at 76.71% and 1.41% respectively.   

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Notice to 36 Bengaluru hospitals for not reserving beds for COVID-19 patients

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The civic body directed the hospitals to comply with the rules or face suspension of registration.

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The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) on Wednesday issued final showcause notices to 36 hospitals in Bengaluru for allegedly failing to comply with the directions of the Karnataka government to notify and reserve 50% of its beds for COVID-19 patients.  The civic body directed the hospitals to comply with the rules or face suspension of registration under section 15 of the Karnataka Private Medical Establishments Act (KPME) Act. "(The hospitals) are hereby directed to immediately comply for provision of the mandated number of beds within 48 hours and report the same to Commissioner, BBMP, failing which action would be taken against your establishment under Sec 15 of KPME Act for immediate suspension of registration and further action of fine and imprisonment under Section 19. Action would also be taken under provisions of Disaster Management Act also," read the notice issued by the BBMP Commissioner Manjunath Prasad. Notices were issued to 21 hospitals which have more than 100 beds, 10 hospitals with 50-100 beds and five hospitals with 20-50 beds. "(The hospitals) are also directed to update the SATS online portal with details of all government referred patients and private patients so that the actual COVID patient bed occupancy is reflected. They are directed to also give the information about the occupancy of the beds by the non-COVID patients under various categories of beds as well," read the notice. "Reserving 50% of the beds at private hospitals for COVID-19 treatment is compulsory. 36 private hospitals giving COVID-19 treatment have been issued notices by BBMP. The hospitals infringing the law will face action," Medical Education Minister Sudhakar K said. ಕೊರೊನಾ ಸೋಂಕಿತರ ಚಿಕಿತ್ಸೆಗೆ ಖಾಸಗಿ ಆಸ್ಪತ್ರೆಗಳು ಶೇ.50%ರಷ್ಟು ಹಾಸಿಗೆಗಳನ್ನು ಮೀಸಲಿಡುವುದು ಕಡ್ಡಾಯ. ಸರ್ಕಾರದ ನಿಯಮ ಉಲ್ಲಂಘಿಸಿ ಸೋಂಕಿತರಿಗೆ ಚಿಕಿತ್ಸೆ ನಿರಾಕರಿಸುತ್ತಿರುವ ಬೆಂಗಳೂರಿನ 36 ಖಾಸಗಿ ಆಸ್ಪತ್ರೆಗಳಿಗೆ ಬಿಬಿಎಂಪಿ ವತಿಯಿಂದ ನೋಟಿಸ್ ಜಾರಿ ಮಾಡಲಾಗಿದೆ. ಕಾನೂನು ಉಲ್ಲಂಘಿಸುವ ಆಸ್ಪತೆಗಳ ವಿರುದ್ಧ ಕಠಿಣ ಕ್ರಮ ನಿಶ್ಚಿತ. pic.twitter.com/DxdtlexYUK — Dr Sudhakar K (@mla_sudhakar) September 16, 2020 BBMP stated that many private hospitals were turning away patients citing lack of beds in the hospital. Cumulatively 4,84,990 COVID-19 positive cases have been confirmed in Karnataka, which includes 7,536 deaths and 3,75,809 discharges, a health department bulletin said. Bengaluru Urban has the highest positive cases with a total of 1,80,283 cases.

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K’taka Cong to question BJP over COVID-19, Bengaluru riots, drugs case in Assembly

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The monsoon session of the legislature will be held from September 21 to 30 at Vidhana Soudha, the seat of the state legislature.

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The Karnataka Congress is set to question the BJP government in Karnataka on a host of issues including COVID-19 management, DJ Halli violence, drugs scandal, floods in north Karnataka, among other issues, during the monsoon session of the legislature starting from September 21. It has also decided to strongly oppose amendments brought to certain key acts through an ordinance. The monsoon session of the legislature will be held from September 21 to 30 at Vidhana Soudha, the seat of the state legislature. Read: Stormy Monsoon session of Karnataka Assembly expected with over 10 bills to be tabled Congress Legislature Party leader Siddaramaiah, who is also the leader of the opposition, today held a meeting with party legislators to discuss the strategy to be adopted during the session. The meeting was also attended by the state Congress president DK Shivakumar and several senior leaders. With the session being called for just 8 days, a consensus was reached at the meeting to use the opportunity to corner the government on its perceived failures, without wasting time, the CLP leader's office said in a statement after the meeting that began at 12 and concluded at 6:30 pm. During his address to the CLP, Siddaramaiah listed the issues to be raised during the session including the government's handling of the COVID crisis and alleged corruption that has taken place in the procurement of medical equipment. Read: 'PPE, ventilators bought at high prices': Cong accuses BJP of misusing funds in K'taka He said that the government, by bringing in the drugs issue, may sideline other key issues and the opportunity should not be given for it, and the 8 days session should be utilized to highlight the mistakes of the government. Amendments to key acts like APMC, land reforms and certain labour laws, also the government's handling of the flood situation, and deteriorating financial conditions of the state, should be raised and the government should be forced to give answers to it, he said. Terming the recent violence in parts of Bengaluru like DJ Halli and surrounding areas as police and intelligence failure, Siddaramaiah said the party will raise the issue and discuss it based on the Congress' fact-finding committee report. Read: Bengaluru riots: Fact-finding committee by civil group says cops failed to act on time Speaking at the meeting, KPCC president D K Shivakumar said, for the first time the party has prepared questions bank and legislators have to use it efficiently. He also advised MLAs to use social media efficiently. Asking legislators to participate in the session, Siddaramaiah also suggested that legislators take all precautionary measures like wearing masks, maintaining social distancing and undergoing tests in view of the COVID pandemic. Assembly Speaker Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri has said in view of the pandemic, undergoing RT-PCR test for COVID-19 infection, 72 hours prior to the start of monsoon session from September 21, is mandatory for all those attending it.

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‘No south Indians, no women’, HDK says reconstitute committee to study Indian culture

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He questioned how without having any Kannadiga, the committee would do an unbiased study of Karnataka’s culture.

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Former Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy, on Wednesday, expressed his reservations over the Union Government forming a 16-member expert committee without any south Indians to study the Indian culture for the past 1200 years. He even highlighted that the committee lacks diversity in terms of gender too, with no women being named as part of the expert committee. Casting doubt over the ‘objectiveness’ of the committee, HDK called for the committee to be reconstituted. The ex-CM was referring to the expert committee set up for “conducting holistic study of origin and evolution of Indian culture and its inference with other cultures of the world” under the Union Ministry of Culture.  In the first of a series of tweets, Kumaraswamy said, “The Centre has constituted a 16-member expert committee to study Indian culture for the past 1200 years. The Centre has constituted a 16-member expert committee to study Indian culture for the past 12000years. It is very unfortunate that the expert committee does not have any Kannadigas or South Indians who know Dravidian culture. The committee does not even have a woman member! 1/4 pic.twitter.com/QO2ZgHXCoD — H D Kumaraswamy (@hd_kumaraswamy) September 16, 2020 It is very unfortunate that the expert committee does not have any Kannadigas or South Indians who know the Dravidian culture. The committee does not even have a woman member!” He questioned how without having any Kannadiga, the committee would do an unbiased study of Karnataka’s culture and the same broadly for Dravidian culture without having any south Indians. He tweeted, “Is it possible to conduct a fair and unbiased study of Karnataka’s culture and heritage without having Kannadiga representatives in the committee? How can we think of studying the history and culture of the entire country by keeping South Indians out?” Stressing on the point of underrepresentation of women, Kumaraswamy said, “We compare the country to our mother and the holy cow. How is that the committee to study the culture of a country that worships women does not have a place for any woman?” He concluded by saying, “There are doubts about the objectiveness of the proposed study as the committee is full of those who appear to be having prejudices over culture, history and heritage besides being fully occupied by north Indians. There is a dire need to reconstitute the study committee.”  

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Cong, BSY's son Vijayendra in war of words over ‘interference’ in state administration

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The Congress took exception to Vijayendra allegedly holding a meeting with the government medical officers and asked who gave him the power for such an interaction.

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The Karnataka Congress and Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa's son BY Vijayendra were locked in a war of words on Wednesday as the opposition party accused him of interfering in the state administration and the latter asking it not to keep a watch on his activities with stained glasses. The Congress took exception to Vijayendra allegedly holding a meeting with the government medical officers and sought to know who gave him the power for such an interaction though he did not hold any Constitutional position. Hitting back, Vijayendra said he was also the state BJP Vice President and asked the opposition party to give constructive suggestions to the government for the development of the state. "You are neither the Chief Minister or Minister or MP or MLA or not even a gram panchayat member. Despite not holding any constitutional position, why did you hold a meeting with the government medical officers? Who gave you that power? This act of brokerage by interfering in the administrative machinery has caused damage to the sanctity of the democracy," Congress tweeted. ,@BYVijayendra ತಾವು ಮುಖ್ಯಮಂತ್ರಿ ಅಲ್ಲ ಮಂತ್ರಿಯಲ್ಲ ಸಂಸದರಲ್ಲ ಶಾಸಕರಲ್ಲ ಗ್ರಾಮಪಂಚಾಯ್ತಿ ಸದಸ್ಯ ಕೂಡ ಅಲ್ಲ, ಯಾವುದೇ ಸಾಂವಿಧಾನಿಕ ಹುದ್ದೆ ಹೊಂದಿರದ ತಾವು ಸರ್ಕಾರಿ ವೈದ್ಯಾಧಿಕಾರಿಗಳ ಸಭೆ ನಡೆಸಿದ್ದೇಕೆ, ಆ ಅಧಿಕಾರ ಕೊಟ್ಟವರಾರು? ಆಡಳಿತ ಯಂತ್ರದಲ್ಲಿ ಮೂಗು ತೂರಿಸಿದ ಈ "ದಲ್ಲಾಳಿತನ" ಪ್ರಜಾಪ್ರಭುತ್ವದ ಪವಿತ್ರತೆಗೆ ಧಕ್ಕೆ ತಂದಿದೆ pic.twitter.com/iLstDPBUWI — Karnataka Congress (@INCKarnataka) September 15, 2020 > The principal opposition party shared a picture of Vijayendra posing with the government medical officers.  Strongly reacting to this, Vijayendra in a tweet said this was not the culture of slavery where a person holding a country's top position of the Prime Minister was summoned to someone's house during the UPA rule. More than being the member of Yediyurappa's family, he was the responsible vice-president of the ruling BJP in the state, he pointed out. "It is my duty to respond to all those who come to me with respect and belief. Opposition instead of keeping a watch on my activities with stained glasses, should give constructive suggestions to the government for the development of the state. That is the true democratic function of a political party," he said in another tweet. Congress has been accusing Vijayendra of interference in the administration ever since BJP came to power last year, a charge rejected by Yediyurappa. Coming to Vijayendra's defence, state Health Minister B Sriramulu said he was not interfering in the functioning of any department. "There is nothing wrong in medical officers meeting Vijayendra, who is also holding a responsible party post. They (doctors) might have shared their concerns with him and through him bring it to the notice of the Chief Minister," he added. The members of the Karnataka Government Medical Officers Association (KGMOA) are holding an agitation demanding pay parity with their counterparts in the Medical Education Department or pay revision as per the Central Government Health Scheme (CGHS) scale. The government on Tuesday had asked medical officers to withdraw agitation, assuring that it would fulfil their demand.  The daily COVID-19 bulletin on Monday showed that there were less than 8,000 cases in Karnataka but health officials attributed it to the strike by government doctors in some parts of the state.  ///

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Summer wave of dementia deaths adds thousands to pandemic's deadly toll

“There’s something going on and it needs to be sorted out,” Robert Anderson, chief of mortality statistics at the CDC, said.

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HHS testing czar warns Covid-19 progress ‘could be fleeting, or even reversed’

Warnings from top federal health officials clashed with President Donald Trump’s rosier predictions about the pandemic’s trajectory.

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