Bengaluru, Jan 29 (IANS): Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai will on Saturday chair an expert committee meeting to take a final call on lifting of Covid-19 restrictions in Karnataka.
According to sources, the meeting will deliberate on reopening of schools, cap on 50 per occupation in theatres, pubs, bars, hotels and restaurants as well as the night curfew.
Though the number of new Covid cases are higher in Bengaluru, quick recoveries which are exceeding the number of positive cases, may pave the way for lifting of curbs with few restrictions.
Karnataka has logged 31,198 new Covid cases against 71,092 discharges on Friday. Bengaluru Urban district recorded 15,199 positive cases on a single day against 44,866 discharges.
Fifty deaths have been reported on a single day. Positivity for the day stood at 20.91 per cent and case fatality rate for the day stood at 0.16 per cent.
The Karnataka government had lifted the weekend curfew last week and announced that a decision on reopening of schools will be announced on Saturday. CM Bommai is under pressure from the business community to lift the night curfew. They want the government to let them operate till 11 p.m. Film industry is hoping that the cap on 50 per cent occupation of seats will be taken off.
The government, the sources said, is in favour of opening schools in Bengaluru in a phased manner. Education Minister B.C. Nagesh had already given hints regarding reopening of schools and stated the department is ready to begin classes.
On Friday, the government held a meeting with the Covid-19 Technical Advisory Committee (TAC). The committee has submitted the guidelines to be followed from next week.
The government will discuss these recommendations and take a final call regarding restrictions.
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Citizen, Mangalore
Sat, Jan 29 2022Experts are all in their pockets and will say what the master wants... Sad state of a broken administration and healthcare system....
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Rudolg Rodrigues, Mumbai
Sat, Jan 29 2022However large gatherings of all sorts should be strictly banned for atleast one month as virus has reached community transmission stage.
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Haneef, Mangalore
Sat, Jan 29 2022They would have modified your comment as gatherings of minorities should ban . Otherwise every temple functions are running without bars.
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Sunil K, Mangalore
Sat, Jan 29 2022Even Modi consults experts before making foolish decisions. Bommai is a temp CM till Modi-Shah decide on bringing one of their own.
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Rudolf Rodrigues, Mumbai
Sat, Jan 29 2022I hope he has read this in Deccan herald: On Thursday, for the first time, Karnataka recorded the country’s highest active Covid caseload, higher than Maharashtra’s, something that was not seen even during the devastating second wave. The state had 3,28,711 active cases, much more than Maharashtra’s 2,87,397
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Rudolf Rodrigues, Mumbai
Sat, Jan 29 2022Removing curbs just because business community is pressurizing is utter foolishness!!
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Haneef, Mangalore
Sat, Jan 29 2022Expert? Till now with whom he was consulting?
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G R PRABHUJI, Mangalore
Sat, Jan 29 2022Why expert committee meeting?? So far Government is simply listening to that committee opinion, and doing according to CM Bommai and Health minister cum Astrologer Dr Sudhaker opinion only. When our health minister told that 2nd week of February virus will increase, then why this drama of opening schools and closing if one or two students have simtoms of virus??.
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Dev, Mangalore
Sat, Jan 29 2022Hope ExPert committee members aren't in the good books of either medical or vaccine mafia. Conflict of interest is found among central expert committee members with Gates Foundation payrolled their NGOs in the past and he is getting $20 for every $1invested in vaccine industries. Let the government keep off us as it did until 2020 . We know how to take care of our health.
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Praveen s, Mangalore
Sat, Jan 29 2022After people oppose all restrictions withdrawn.. In experts all big hospital doctors and owners are there they know how to earn in this pandemic time.. So last 3years they earn simply giving hot water and dolo.... Now everything is medical mafia... Families spending lakhs to save their loved ones... There is no rule to control because doctor gambling comman people don't know.,.. Ethics can prevent this mafia.... Rules can't
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