New Years celebration prohibited on MG Road and surrounding areas; but restaurants and pubs can operate at 50% capacity

12/12/2020 Health


It’s official. There will not be night curfews on new year’s eve. But there would also be no celebrations on the roads of Bengaluru on the night of December 31.

The formal decision to ban New Years celebrations on MG Road and the surrounding areas of Brigade Road and Church Street along with other parts of the city was made after a meeting of the Covid central committee.

A few days ago, a technical advisory team created by the Department of Health and Family Welfare suggested imposing rules similar to those of a lockdown between December 20 and the second week of January, expressing fears of a second wave of the pandemic. Minister of Finance R Ashoka and Minister of Health K Sudhakar He said it was unwise to celebrate the New Year when thousands of people have lost their lives and their livelihoods.


No night curfew

Ashoka said there will be no nightly curfew on New Years Eve, as hotels, pubs and clubs can run with strict covid guidelines. Only public celebrations on the roads are prohibited, he said. “Hotels, pubs and clubs can take only 50 percent of their total admission capacity.

We have decided to have oxygen generators in 10 district hospitals, 30 Taluk hospitals. We have given administrative approval to purchase oxygen generators … at an estimated cost of Rs 37.72 crore

– Minister of Health Sudhakar

Action will be taken against violators, ” the minister said, adding that detailed guidelines on other restrictions will be issued soon.

Well prepared: Sudhakar

According to Sudhakar, 37.72 million rupees have been delivered to 10 districts hospitals and 30 Taluk hospitals to purchase oxygen generators and other equipment. The minister said that DCM Govind Karjol has been appointed president of the working group committee and points to contain the spread of the infection for the next three months have been discussed. Rs 11.32 million have been set aside for the purchase of rapid antigen kits and Rs 22.5 million for the purchase of drugs for the next 90 days.

Sudhakar said that actions will be taken under the Karnataka Private Medical Establishments Act (KPME) against hospitals for overcharging. Remdesivir.

The government price for this injection is 1,800 rupees, he said, adding that there were complaints against some private hospitals overcharging for the drug. The Minister of Health also held a joint review meeting with officials from 10 districts, including Bengaluru urban.

New president appointed to the central committee of covid

C Sudhakar He said the Chief Deputy Minister Govind Karjol has been appointed the committee’s new chair. Previously, B Sriramulu, the then Health Minister, was appointed chair of the panel. Basavaraj Bommai. Sriramulu’s appointment was not well received by Narayan, who, by virtue of being a Deputy CM, was expected to lead the working group. He stayed away from chairing meetings after Yediyurappa made Sudhakar the covid minister in charge.

The CM had also appointed the Minister of Primary and Secondary Education, S Suresh Kumar, as the authorized spokesperson on covid. Sudhakar was an automatic choice to head the panel. But the CM appears to have acted with some caution to avoid further controversy and included Karjol as president.

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