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As the Karnataka government on Tuesday announced a complete lockdown on Sundays till August 2, to prevent the spread of Covid-19, we bring you the latest updates from Bengaluru. from Bangalore News & Coronavirus Live Updates: Latest Bangalore News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Bangalore - Times of India

Schools & colleges in Karnataka shut till July 31

In line with the central government's Unlock 2.0 guidelines, the Karnataka government on Tuesday declared schools and colleges, cinema halls, multiplexes, swimming pools, from Bangalore News & Coronavirus Live Updates: Latest Bangalore News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Bangalore - Times of India

Goats swabbed, isolated after goatherd tests +ve

Forty-seven goats were quarantined on Tuesday after a goatherd tested positive for coronavirus in Godekere village in Tumakuru district, about 127km from Bengaluru. from Bangalore News & Coronavirus Live Updates: Latest Bangalore News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Bangalore - Times of India

Tracing trouble brews in Bengaluru

(This story originally appeared in Bangalore Mirror on July 1, 2020) from Bangalore News & Coronavirus Live Updates: Latest Bangalore News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Bangalore - Times of India

Demand for Bengaluru-bound trains goes up

In an indication of reverse migration, occupancy rate in trains from Bihar and West Bengal to Bengaluru has increased. from Bangalore News & Coronavirus Live Updates: Latest Bangalore News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Bangalore - Times of India

Pvt medical colleges: 50% beds for Covid patients

In huge relief for the government which has been grappling with a shortage of facilities, private medical colleges in Bengaluru have agreed to part with about 4,500 beds to treat Covid-19 patients. from Bangalore News & Coronavirus Live Updates: Latest Bangalore News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Bangalore - Times of India

K'taka coastal districts record 53 Covid cases

A SSLC student, two inter-district bus crew, a cloth store merchant was among nine persons who tested positive in Udupi on Tuesday. On a day 53 fresh coronavirus cases were reported in erstwhile undivided Dakshina Kannada district, Udupi also logged its third fatality to the pandemic with a 48-year-old liver cirrhosis patient who had returned from Mumbai succumbing to the disease and swabs confirming him positive post-death. from Bangalore News & Coronavirus Live Updates: Latest Bangalore News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Bangalore - Times of India

'Set up all party Covid-19 monitoring panel'

Citing allegations of corruption and nepotism in the management of Covid-19 treatment, senior Congress leader Siddaramaiah on Tuesday urged chief minister BS Yediyurappa to immediately constitute an all party Covid-19 monitoring committee to examine related issue from Bangalore News & Coronavirus Live Updates: Latest Bangalore News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Bangalore - Times of India

Traffic police have 9 areas of concern

(This story originally appeared in BangaloreMirror on June 30, 2020) from Bangalore News & Coronavirus Live Updates: Latest Bangalore News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Bangalore - Times of India

Demand for organic produce goes up in K'taka

The organic farmers' market in Shivamogga in Karnataka has seen a rise in the demand for organic fruits and vegetables in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic. from Bangalore News & Coronavirus Live Updates: Latest Bangalore News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Bangalore - Times of India

Community spread not yet: Karnataka minister

Medical education minister K Sudhakar on Monday revealed Bengaluru now constitutes 26% of total cases in the state, but insisted there is neither community transmission nor a threat of it as yet in the state. from Bangalore News & Coronavirus Live Updates: Latest Bangalore News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Bangalore - Times of India

Schools hiking fee will face action: K'taka min

Education minister S Suresh Kumar on Monday said his department has issued instructions to all educational institutions not to hike fee for the coming academic year. from Bangalore News & Coronavirus Live Updates: Latest Bangalore News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Bangalore - Times of India

Steep hike in diesel price pushes RTCs to brink

The four state-run road transport corporations (RTCs), which are already on their knees, have been hit hard by the steep hike in price of diesel. from Bangalore News & Coronavirus Live Updates: Latest Bangalore News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Bangalore - Times of India

Karnataka extends antigen testing to Bengaluru

The state Covid-19 ministerial taskforce has decided to extend antigen testing to Bengaluru, after having experimented with it in Ballari over the past few weeks. The test, which provides results within minutes, will speed up the process testing in the city. from Bangalore News & Coronavirus Live Updates: Latest Bangalore News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Bangalore - Times of India

Fear driving locals in N Karnataka out into fields

With Covid-19 spreading rapidly across districts in North Karnataka, locals are moving out of their homes in villages and staying in fields. The trend began in Tumukuru and Gadag districts, but has caught on in other districts too. from Bangalore News & Coronavirus Live Updates: Latest Bangalore News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Bangalore - Times of India

Clumsy BBMP leading patients to shun ambulances

Keen to avoid drawing the attention of neighbours and the possibility of being stigmatised, Covid-19 patients are increasingly ditching ambulances and preferring their own vehicles to reach hospitals. from Bangalore News & Coronavirus Live Updates: Latest Bangalore News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Bangalore - Times of India

Bengaluru unlock 1.0 news: Today's updates

As the Central and state governments allow phase-wise relaxation in curbs to get the life up and running again following over two months of lockdown to prevent the spread of Covid-19, we bring you the latest updates from Bengaluru. from Bangalore News & Coronavirus Live Updates: Latest Bangalore News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Bangalore - Times of India

Turned away by 50 hosps, Bengaluru man dies

“I can’t take this anymore. Please take me home or admit me in a hospital. I can’t breathe.” These were the last words of a 52-year-old man to his nephew at the doorsteps of a major hospital in Bengaluru on Sunday evening, after a 36-hour ordeal during which nearly 50 hospitals — they visited 18 and called up 32 for bed availability — declined to take him in for treatment. from Bangalore News & Coronavirus Live Updates: Latest Bangalore News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Bangalore - Times of India

Karnataka recorded its first Covid-19 case more than 100 days ago and testing has gone up from just 50-60 samples a day in mid-March to 13,000 on average this week. However, data shows that among 21states with more than one crore population, Karnataka falls behind most, barring Maharashtra. In south India, only Telangana is testing fewer samples a day. from Bangalore News & Coronavirus Live Updates: Latest Bangalore News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Bangalore - Times of India

Karnataka may reimpose tough curbs after July 7

The Karnataka government on Monday indicated it was likely to bring back harsher lockdown measures, including banning entry and exit of people from high-risk districts like Bengaluru and shutting down parks and markets, on or after July 7 to stop the surge of Covid-19 cases in the state. from Bangalore News & Coronavirus Live Updates: Latest Bangalore News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Bangalore - Times of India

Pvt hosps can directly treat 50% virus patients

The Karnataka government on Monday allowed major private hospitals with over 100 beds to directly treat Covid-19 patients at government-fixed rates for private institutions, besides agreeing to extend insurance cover to medical staff and provide police security in case of attacks on health workers. from Bangalore News & Coronavirus Live Updates: Latest Bangalore News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Bangalore - Times of India

Covid-19 cases breach 14,000 mark in Karnataka

The total number of Covid-19 cases in Karnataka breached the 14,000 mark on Monday with the addition of over 1,000 infections for the second consecutive day and 19 fatalities, taking the toll to 226, the health department said. from Bangalore News & Coronavirus Live Updates: Latest Bangalore News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Bangalore - Times of India

K'taka: 3-yr-old girl crushed to death by SUV

A three-year-old girl died after she was knocked down by an SUV at Nadupadav, on Konaje-Assaigoli on Monday. The deceased has been identified as Faheem. from Bangalore News & Coronavirus Live Updates: Latest Bangalore News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Bangalore - Times of India

Vikash Kumar is new M'luru city police chief

Continuation of best practices of predecessors, especially a directive exempting police personnel aged above 55 from active field duty during the pandemic will be priority for Vikash Kumar Vikash, the 10th city police chief. from Bangalore News & Coronavirus Live Updates: Latest Bangalore News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Bangalore - Times of India

Vigilante corona warriors are back

(This story originally appeared in BangaloreMirror on June 29, 2020) from Bangalore News & Coronavirus Live Updates: Latest Bangalore News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Bangalore - Times of India

Covid: Minister hints tough measures after July 7

Karnataka Revenue minister R Ashoka on Monday indicated that more stringent rules are likely to be put in place after July 7 to control the spread of Covid-19 in the city and other parts of the state, amid spike in cases. from Bangalore News & Coronavirus Live Updates: Latest Bangalore News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Bangalore - Times of India

Spare beds or face power cut: Pvt hosps told

Bescom and BWSSB officials visited several private hospitals in Bengaluru on Sunday, allegedly asking them to agree to share 50% of their beds with the government. “They threatened us that water and power supply will be disconnected to the hospitals...” heads of the private hospitals told TOI. from Bangalore News & Coronavirus Live Updates: Latest Bangalore News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Bangalore - Times of India

K'taka: Go ahead for online classes up to Class 5

Close on the heels of the Karnataka HC asking it to allow online education for children up to Class 5, the primary and secondary education department has come up with a schedule for online classes from pre-primary to Class X until an expert panel constituted to look into the matter submits its report. from Bangalore News & Coronavirus Live Updates: Latest Bangalore News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Bangalore - Times of India

Jain outfit offers to start Covid care centre

While the state government is grappling with rising Covid-19 cases in Bengaluru and a growing stigma against those infected, here is something to cheer about: communities are stepping up to bolster the government’s Covid containment efforts. from Bangalore News & Coronavirus Live Updates: Latest Bangalore News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Bangalore - Times of India

Kannada novelist Geetha Nagabhushan passes away

Veteran novelist Geetha Nagabhushan (78) died in Kalaburagi on Sunday late night after cardiac arrest at a private hospital. She was suffering from age-related ailments since recent years. from Bangalore News & Coronavirus Live Updates: Latest Bangalore News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Bangalore - Times of India

Bengaluru unlock 1.0 news: Today's updates

Rift between ministers hits K'taka’s Covid battle

With the number of confirmed cases in Karnataka breaching the 13,000 mark on Sunday fuelled largely by a surge in Bengaluru numbers, the state administration’s response to the spread of the pandemic has come under the scanner with a fourth minister taking charge of Covid operations in three months. from Bangalore News & Coronavirus Live Updates: Latest Bangalore News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Bangalore - Times of India

K'taka sees 1,267 new Covid cases, Bengaluru 783

Karnataka on Sunday reported 1,267 Covid-19 cases, crossing the 1,000-mark for the first time. from Bangalore News & Coronavirus Live Updates: Latest Bangalore News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Bangalore - Times of India

The resistance to covid care centres in Bengaluru

(This story originally appeared in Bangalore Mirror on June 29, 2020) from Bangalore News & Coronavirus Live Updates: Latest Bangalore News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Bangalore - Times of India

Agencies struggle with surge, reporting hit

Two days after testing positive for Covid-19, a 39-year-old JP Nagar businessman was still waiting in his house on Sunday for the BBMP to pick him up and get him admitted to a hospital. His brother, meanwhile, has developed symptoms, while the family is wracked by anxiety. from Bangalore News & Coronavirus Live Updates: Latest Bangalore News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Bangalore - Times of India

Night curfew across Karnataka from Monday

The Karnataka government’s decision to implement statewide night curfew to control the spread of Covid-19 will take effect from Monday. from Bangalore News & Coronavirus Live Updates: Latest Bangalore News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Bangalore - Times of India

B'luru: ASI succumbs, third Covid-19 cop death

A 57-year-old assistant subinspector from Whitefield station succumbed to Covid-19 on Saturday, becoming the third cop to die of the virus. from Bangalore News & Coronavirus Live Updates: Latest Bangalore News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Bangalore - Times of India

DK sees single biggest spike of 97 Covid cases

Dakshina Kannada district recorded its highest ever spike of 97 Covid19 positive cases on Sunday, a day that Karnataka recorded its biggest 24-hour spike of 1267 positive cases. The three deaths that DK district recorded on the day added to the unenviable fact that the 97 cases saw DK second in list of districts behind Bengaluru Urban that recorded 783 cases. Udupi was fourth in the day’s list with 40 cases behind Ballari’s 71. from Bangalore News & Coronavirus Live Updates: Latest Bangalore News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Bangalore - Times of India

K'taka: Locals oppose burial of Covid victim

from Bangalore News & Coronavirus Live Updates: Latest Bangalore News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Bangalore - Times of India

Officers who ignored protocol face FIR

(This story originally appeared in BangaloreMirror on June 28, 2020) from Bangalore News & Coronavirus Live Updates: Latest Bangalore News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Bangalore - Times of India

Covid: Govt procures viral RNA mini test kits

Bio Agile therapeutics of Bengaluru has developed cheap and effective Viral RNA rapid test kit to detect coronavirus cases. from Bangalore News & Coronavirus Live Updates: Latest Bangalore News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Bangalore - Times of India

Udupi SSLC student tests +ve for Covid-19