Health Minister of Karnataka B. Sriramulu on Tuesday indicated that the government may consider another lockout in Bengaluru if the uptick in novel coronovirus cases continues at the current pace, even as state deputy CM CN Ashwattanarayana said the situation was such a step. But this condition does not warrant.
“Yesterday (Monday), the CM ordered the sealing of specific locations that had been identified. But if the spike in cases continued at the same pace, then in future we would have to consider lockdown again. We will have to consider this. Gotta think., “He told reporters after reviewing the situation at a government hospital in the city.
Accusing the recent increase on people from other states traveling to Bengaluru, he said the Health Department would first consult experts on the need to impose another lockdown, and then take up the issue with CM BS Yeddyurappa.
But News18 officials asked to speak another lockdown, even if considered, would not be imposed for the next 14 days. He said the immediate focus of the government is to take aggressive control measures in the groups that have been identified and a review will be done after a period of two weeks.
For its next move, the Karnataka government is also keeping an eye on how the situation in Chennai has seen the second round of lockdown. Depending on how it works and at what cost financially, the administration can take a decision for Bengaluru at the end of two weeks.
Container strategy
The Karnataka government on Monday sealed the city’s five wards as part of a revised control strategy, under which any area that reports five or more cases will be sealed.
Bengaluru has been the primary center of administration for the last two weeks with more than 440 conference areas, as the number of infections has almost doubled to around 1,400.
Sriramulu’s comment came from a day when Leader of the Opposition and former CM HD Kumaraswamy tweeted that he felt a better way to control the spread of Kovid-19 would be a 20-day lockout in Bengaluru.
Deputy CM CN Ashwattanarayan, who is also a member of the state’s Kovid-19 task force, however, said things had not yet gone out of control, to warrant any lockdown.
“The way forward is better management and better services. This is the one thing that we can handle, and effective management, convenience, treatment and care is of paramount importance. If you look at mortality and mortality, it is not high, ”he told News18, when asked about Kumaraswamy’s suggestion.
Violation on rise
Officials said the spike in Bengaluru is also due to a worrying number of domestic quarantine violations. Following a high-level review meeting chaired by the CM on Monday evening, the city’s civic body had renewed work for the Resident Welfare Associations to increase the vigilance of violators.
In addition, a volunteer group is also being put together at the block level. The city has more than 1.3 lakh people on domestic quarantine – either because they are contacts with Kovid-19-positive patients or because they have come from other states or countries. About 40 percent of those complaints violate quarantine norms.
Ashwattanarayan said that the government is trying to keep an eye on the welfare organizations as well as the neighbors who are alert.
“We want to be vigilant to monitor and monitor our neighbors, who are on home quarantine for their safety, and ensure that they stay at home. People should be more responsible, if they are not responsible, then we have to implement, ”he said.
He further said that at booth level (25 houses), teams will also monitor people at home quarantine and search for diseased people.
Bengaluru Mayor Gautam Kumar said that the number may increase depending on the emergence of cases every day. “There is a day to day study and we analyze the situation and look at the number of cases to see what is happening and where it is,” he told News18.
Admitted to private hospitals
The government has also run in private hospitals to accept Kovid-19 patients, if it increases further in the coming days. In each of the 510 identified hospitals, one floor is set aside for Kovid-19 patients. There is also a cap on treatment costs – patients can be charged Rs 5,200 for a normal seperate bed per day.
Desperate for a solution, the Karnataka government is seeking advice from Kerala for a second time as to how the neighboring state can control the numbers even though Karnataka has collapsed.
Ashwattanarayan said, “Any good practice, understanding and experience, good suggestions are most welcome. Any model, if it is practical and effective, we should adopt it in the interest of the people. Counseling is the way forward.”
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