Covid-19: Complete lockdown in Bengaluru from 8 pm today to Monday 5 am
Live MintKarnataka government today said the capital city Bengaluru will go under complete lockdown from tonight 8 pm till Monday morning, 5 am as the city witnessed a spike in novel coronavirus cases in the last few weeks. Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike commissioner Anil Kumar said the instruction for lockdown in BBMP limits was issued by chief minister BS Yediyurappa, according to ANI reports. Amid the rising coronavirus cases in the city, the Karnataka COVID-19 Task Force has decided to set up booth-level committees across the state including 8,800 in Bengaluru for effective monitoring and surveillance. The task force also released detailed guidelines for home isolation for asymptomatic cases including 17 days 'home isolation' for patients below 50 years of age.