Bengaluru: Weekend curfew withdrawn throughout state, night curbs to continue - Bommai


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Bengaluru, Jan 21: Finally, the weekend curfew on Saturdays and Sundays imposed in the wake of the surge in Covid/Omicron cases in the state has been withdrawn. However, the night curfew will continue throughout the week.

All other restrictions, will, however, continue as before.

Briefing the media reporters after a two-hour-long meeting held under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai at his home office, Krishna, on Friday, January 21, Revenue Minister R Ashok said the partial relaxation in the form of withdrawal of the weekend lockdown was based on the lower hospitalization rate and not on the Covid positivity rate.

“The hospitalization rate is at present below 5 percent. If it goes up, the state government will have to reintroduce stricter restrictions,” Ashok said.

The minister said the restrictions on 50 percent occupancy in hotels and restaurants, bars and pubs as well wearing of face masks, social distancing, sanitization etc. will, however, continue.

The ban on public gatherings, meetings or any kind of public protests will stay as before, the minister said.

The minister urged the people to be careful and adhere to the Covid appropriate behavior so that the government does not have to resort to harsher measures. “If the situation goes out of hand and the hospitalization rate crosses 5 percent, there is no alternative but to enforce strict measures to control the situation,” he said.

He explained that the decision on withdrawal of the weekend curfew was based on the opinion and advice of experts as also in response to the demands from different sections of people.

Apart from Ashok, Home Minister Araga Jnanendra, Primary and Secondary Education Minister B C Nagesh, Chief Secretary P Ravi Kumar, Technical Advisory Committee chief Dr M K Sudarshan and other experts and senior officials attended the meeting.

 

 

  

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  • H. Siddhanti, Udupi/Washington DC

    Fri, Jan 21 2022

    ಬೊಮ್ಮನ ಬುರುಡೆ!

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  • Moshu, Mangaluru

    Fri, Jan 21 2022

    Happened as I predicted this morning.

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  • Citizen, Mangalore

    Fri, Jan 21 2022

    Money power talks.. This is what happens when incompetence becomes more prevalent

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  • Anand Kumar, Mangalore

    Fri, Jan 21 2022

    Just as the shopkeepers and businessmen forced the government to lift the senseless weekend curfew due to flu, it is time for the public to defy all this stupidity and like someone already said here "to show the politicians, who are the masters and who are the servants."

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  • Joel, Mangalore

    Fri, Jan 21 2022

    Where are those Doctors here who were claiming weekend curfew was very effective?. What will you do now?

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  • rakesh, Mangalore

    Fri, Jan 21 2022

    fire these incompetent doctors who gave bribe and came to this position ....hire genuine and hard working doctors

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  • pili, Mangalore

    Fri, Jan 21 2022

    people are reacting to the news as if govt. jas announced a great scheme to be happy about. ye tho hona hi tha..lock down jana hi tha

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  • vishnu bhat, bangalore

    Fri, Jan 21 2022

    how come these experts sang a different song 2 weeks ago? Or are they only a front for 'convenient' Govt decisions? if you get rid of weekend curfews, what sense do night curfews make? arbitrary decision making. emulating the PM.

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  • Rayan, Kadri

    Fri, Jan 21 2022

    Good decision. But when cases were less than 10000 per day the weekend lockdown was implemented and now when it's almost 50000 per day it's removed. Strangely night curfew is still on. I wonder how the virus differentiate and knows what time to spread.

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  • Dev, Mangalore

    Fri, Jan 21 2022

    Partial climbdown by the government. When weekend curfew is withdrawn there is no basis to continue the night curfew too. People you have shown who are masters and who need to be servants. Time to end all unscientific measures and enforcement of either tests or vaccines too. Let us take back our Medical Freedom to take care of our health too.

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  • HENRY MISQUITH, India

    Fri, Jan 21 2022

    This is the way you can spread the virus ...Isn't it?

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  • rakesh, Mangalore

    Fri, Jan 21 2022

    bommai head is enlightened and shining after getting knowledge on corona

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  • Monty Dotor, Mangalore

    Fri, Jan 21 2022

    Not knowledge but Corona itself. Practical personal experience showed him that it is harmless.

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  • real kujuma, kodial

    Fri, Jan 21 2022

    bommana pariyind pand thojundu...ayena partidakule main against itther...va vonji burnas sarakara marayare e chaddinaklena...abcd gothiji adalitha malpuver..mukulu khlai chaddi paded..route march malpad..aik mathra fit...

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  • Adithya, Italy

    Fri, Jan 21 2022

    real kujuma, kodial Itte maharashtra, rajasthan da night curfew, weekend curfew undu. avlu yerna govt uppunu??

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  • damian, bejai

    Fri, Jan 21 2022

    Thank God. Just a glimpse of common sense among experts which is very rare nowadays...

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