BJP MP Shobha Karandlaje calls for completely lockdown like last year to control COVID-19
Udupi: Udupi-Chikkamagaluru MP and senior BJP leader Shobha Karandlaje on Thursday called for a complete lockdown like last year to control the steep rise in COVID-19 cases.
Karandlaje said the number of cases of the virus was going up in the state and in Udupi District and a COVID-19 curfew was needed to cap the numbers. She added that only essential services should be allowed to operate during the curfew and everything else should go under lockdown, and people should co-operate.
“If people continue to move freely out, COVID cannot be controlled. Wedding ceremonies, religious events at temples and everything is going on. The more the people will socialize the more the virus will spread” she said.
“People from other cities like Bengaluru and Mumbai are coming to Udupi district. They should be tested immediately on their arrival. I have directed the authorities to start Rapid Tests from today. Home quarantine has also been made compulsory” she said while adding that strict action for the next 15 days was inevitable.
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UP Cong chief Ajay Rai hospitalised after fainting, stable
Lucknow (PTI): Uttar Pradesh Congress president Ajay Rai was hospitalised here after he fell unconscious due to low sodium levels, party leaders said on Saturday.
They said he was admitted to Medanta Hospital on Friday evening and is stable.
"Ajay Rai was admitted to Medanta Hospital in Lucknow at around 6 pm on Friday after he fell unconscious as his sodium levels had dropped. He fell unconscious at his residence in Lucknow. For the entire day, he was engaged in party programmes and had also gone to the airport," Uttar Pradesh Congress spokesperson Anshu Awasthi told PTI.
Congress in-charge of Uttar Pradesh Avinash Pande told PTI, "Now, he (Ajay Rai) is stable and I am also reaching Lucknow."
Medanta Hospital Director Dr Rakesh Kapoor told PTI that Rai collapsed at his home on Friday evening and was subsequently admitted to the hospital's emergency ward.
Medical examinations revealed that Rai was suffering from a sodium deficiency and elevated blood pressure. Doctors administered immediate treatment and he is doing significantly better now, Kapoor said.
A team of doctors is monitoring his health. Rai is conversing with others and his condition is stable, he added.
In a post on X late Friday night, Prime Minister Narendra Modi wished Rai a speedy recovery.
Rai hails from Varanasi and had contested the 2024 Lok Sabha elections against Modi from the parliamentary constituency. The Congress appointed him as the Uttar Pradesh unit chief in 2023.
