Mangaluru: In the wake of the country-wide lockdown due to the spread of Corona Virus, Dakshina Kannada Deputy Commissioner, Sindhu B Rupesh, on Saturday evening announced that movement of private vehicles in the city will be completely banned.
Kannada actress Sharmiela Mandre and her friend were injured the car in which they were travelling rammed into a railway pillar near Cantonment here on Saturday, police said.
Days after Shah Rukh Khan and his wife Gauri Khan announced several initiatives to help the central and state government in their fight against the coronavirus pandemic, the superstar has now opened his office for treating COVID-19 patients.
Taking the total number of COVID-19 positive cases to 12 in the District, Dakshina Kannada reported three new cases of the virus on Saturday.
Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa on Saturday said his government has made arrangements to supply food grains to non-ration card holders, most of them are from other states, during the lockdown.
The number of novel coronavirus cases crossed the 3,000-mark on Saturday after 525 fresh infections, the highest in a 24-hour span, were reported across the country, while 13 new fatalities took the death toll to 75, the Union Health Ministry said.
Hubballi: The stone-pelting incident at Hubballi that the police blamed on Muslims who gathered for the Friday prayers in defiance of the lockdown was actually triggered by the police themselves, locals have claimed.
Eleven more persons in Kerala tested positive for coronavirus on Saturday, taking the active cases to 254 and 1.71 lakh people are under surveillance in the state.
Sixteen coronavirus cases have been confirmed in Karnataka, taking the total number of the affected in the state to 144, the Health department said here on Saturday.
Bantwal: Local police on Saturday announced that a man in Thumbe of Bantwal Taluk has tested positive for COVID-19, the announcement was made by the police on loudspeaker.
