Amid escalating cases, on Saturday night, the Karnataka government has imposed a complete lockdown in Bengaluru rural and urban. Essential services will not be affected.
This will be in place for a week, from 8 pm on July 14 to 5 am on July 22. This was announced by Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa.
State Govt has issued detailed guidelines where the asymptomatic & mild symptomatic COVID-19 positive persons have been allowed "home isolation". The health team from district health authority/BBMP shall visit & assess the suitability of 'house' for home isolation: Karnataka GovtWhile the state government has repeatedly said that they would not impose a lockdown in the city, with Chief Minister Yediyurappa reiterating in late June that there was "no question of imposing lockdown for any reason", the rising number of cases appears to have made the state government reconsider.
At present, Bengaluru Urban has the highest number of COVID-19 cases in the state. As a whole Karnataka has recorded
Bengaluru Urban district has the highest number of cases in Karnataka accounting for more than half of the state's new cases over the last several days.
Following the announcement on Saturday, the state government has also issued detailed guidelines for asymptomatic and mild symptomatic COVID-19 positive persons have been allowed "home isolation".
"The health team from district health authority/BBMP shall visit and assess the suitability of 'house' for home isolation," the Karnataka government said.
