Dakshina Kannada to get 25,000 Rapid Antigen kits for COVID testing, 15 ambulances: Karnataka Dy.CM
Mangaluru: Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister Ashwath Narayan on Friday said Dakshina Kannada District will get 25,000 rapid antigen test kits for conducting free COVID-19 tests.
He also added that the state government will sanction 15 ambulances for the district.
He held an emergency meeting with Kota Srinivas Poojary, Dakshina Kannada district in-charge minister at the Vikasa Soudha on Friday, to discuss the increase in COVID-19 cases in the district and free treatment for Covid-19 patients at private hospitals.
The deputy chief minister also held a video conference with the Deputy Commissioner, legislators Vedavyas Kamath, Harish Poonja and U T Khader, and the District Health Officer later.
“The government will provide for free treatment at the private hospitals for COVID-19 patients when they are sent there from government hospitals. The government will also pass an order to bear the expenses of the treatment” Ashwath Narayan said.
He assured that people undergoing COVID-19 treatment and who need to get themselves tested now need not panic. He further instructed Deputy Commissioner Sindhu B Rupesh to look into the matter at the earliest.
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Body of man in Kalaburagi found hanging in his field; cause of death unknown
Kalaburagi: A man was found dead, with his body seen hanging, in his own field in Hulasaguda village of Kalagi taluk on Saturday morning. The cause for death is unknown as yet.
The deceased, identified as Revanasiddhappa Shettappa (26), is learned to have been a resident of Hulasaguda village.
Ratkal Police Sub-inspector Sheela Devi reportedly visited the spot where the man’s body was found and inspected it.
Police have registered a case in this regard and are probing the death of the Shettappa.
