Coronavirus update: Karnataka govt issues new guidelines for home isolation

Karnataka government issued the guidelines for home isolation of Covid-19 patients in the state.

Karnataka Government on Wednesday issued the guidelines for home isolation of COVID-19 patients in the state. After the guidelines issued by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, the state government has permitted the persons tested with COVID-19 to be under home isolation with some conditions. According to the government, only asymptomatic or mild symptomatic people shall be allowed to be in isolation at home. The health team from district health authority will be visiting the house of COVID-19 positive patient to assess the suitability for home isolation and triage of the patient.

They have mandated the regular check-up, tele-consultation for COVID-19 patients while the patient has to report to the physician or health authorities about their health status every day. The patient shall have pulse oximeter, digital thermometer and personal protective equipment (facemasks, gloves) to be used during home isolation, read the guideline. The home isolation shall be with the knowledge of the family members, neighbours, treating physician and local health authorities, it said.

Signal from PM Modi to CMs: Covid-19 lockdown may continue beyond May 3

Green zones may see more relaxations; states divided on how to end curbs

The nationwide lockdown is all set to be extended beyond May 3, at least until the middle of the month in the red zones of the country, as many states told Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a video-conference meeting on Monday that it’s not the time yet to lift the curbs.This means more activities may be allowed to resume in green zones of the country. Most Bharatiya Janata Party-ruled states support extending the lockdown, but will wait and abide by the Centre’s fresh guidelines. Telangana has already extended the lockdown until May 7, and will take a decision on further extension on May 5.

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Odisha, Meghalaya and some others support extending it by a month. Congress-led governments want the lockdown to be lifted in areas other than hotpots or containment zones.Delhi will take a call by April 30.Maharashtra will also decide by the end of the month, but will not lift the lockdown in urban centres like Mumbai and Pune, which are in red zones, while allowing economic activity in green zones. Mindful of the economic challenges, the government is preparing a detailed exit strategy that would give states more space in deciding their respective plans, sources said after the three-hour meeting.

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All CMs, except Kerala’s Pinarayi Vijayan, who sent his chief secretary, participated in the meeting. Nine CMs spoke while the rest sent in their suggestions. The PM indicated that Covid-19 is here for a long haul and that people need to learn to live with it. He said masks and face covers would become part of our lives in the days ahead and reiterated the mantra of ‘do gaz doori’ or social distancing…

Tripura to start scheme to distribute cows to 5,000 families: CM Biplab Deb

‘I’m not against setting up big industries but in that one has to invest Rs 10,000 crores for employing 2,000 people but if I give 10,000 cows to 5,000 families they will start earning in 6 months’

Latest News: Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Deb on Sunday expressed his wish to domesticate cows at the Chief Minister’s residence here along with his family and consume its milk. He said that this would also inspire other people of the state to do the same and will help them fight malnutrition.

“Today I am announcing that I will start domestication of cows at the Chief Minister’s residence along with my family and will consume its milk. This will also inspire people of Tripura to do the same and would help fight malnutrition,” he said.

Biplab Deb

The Chief Minister also said that the state government would launch a scheme to distribute cows among 5,000 families. “We are about to launch a scheme for distributing cows among 5,000 families. I am not against setting big industries but in that one has to invest Rs 10,000 crores (Rs 100 billion) for employing 2,000 people but if I give 10,000 cows to 5,000 families they will start earning in six months,” he further added.

Deb had been in the news earlier for a series of controversial comments. He had earlier advised the youth of Tripura to not to waste their crucial time and, instead, milk cows and run pan stalls for livelihood.

Deb earlier stirred controversy when he claimed that the internet and satellite were not something new but existed since the Mahabharata era, and continued to stand by his claim.

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