Mangaluru: Twelve new COVID-19 cases in DK on Wednesday; Ullal Police Station PSI tests positive
Mangaluru: A 57-year-old woman died of coronavirus for the second consecutive day. Meanwhile, 12 new coronavirus cases have been confirmed in the district on Wednesday. This list also includes a PSI of the Ullal Police Station. With this, the tally of such cases has climbed up to 465 in the district.
Wednesday is also the first time that 45 people have been recovered in a single, and this has brought a ray of hope among the people here.
Of the new cases, four people (a 29-year-old youth, 25, 51, and 24-year-old women) have returned from Sharjah and were quarantined, while the remaining eight were infected without any travel history. This is the first time in the district that many people have been infected in a single day whose source of the contract remained untraced. Seven of them are residents of Mangaluru, one is from Puttur and all are men.
Presently, 155 people are being treated at District COVID Hospital and most of them are in stable condition. A 41-year-old man suffering from COVID-infected pneumonia and a 57-year-old woman suffering from liver problems are being treated at the ICU.
45 people recovered: This is the first time a large number (45 people) who were infected with coronavirus have been released from the hospital after recovery. From a two-year-old child to a 61-year-old senior citizen have recovered. Most of those released are young. In all, 301 people have been cured in the district so far, Deputy Commissioner Sindhu B. Rupesh said.
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Bengaluru: First-time Congress MLAs with merit can be made ministers, says Moily
Bengaluru: Former Chief Minister Marpadi Veerappa Moily on Tuesday said that first-time Congress legislators could be considered for ministerial berths during the proposed Cabinet reshuffle if they have the requisite merit.
Moily responded to reports of over 30 first-time Congress MLAs seeking Cabinet positions by stressing the need for a Cabinet with a balance of merit among first-time, young, and senior leaders.
“We entered politics when the Chief Minister Devaraj Urs recognised us in 1972. If legislators have merit and dedication, they can be included in the Cabinet,” Deccan Herald quoted him as saying.
He said that there is nothing wrong with new MLAs aspiring for ministerial posts and that no one has the moral authority to question such aspirations. He recalled that he, too, was a newcomer in his early political days and said those with eligibility should be given ministerial posts.
“If the MLAs have merit, the Chief Minister will recognise them. In our time, we did not lobby for ministerial berths. We were recognised by the Chief Minister,” he said.
Addressing demands for a change in Chief Minister and current talk of a Cabinet reshuffle, Moily said that legislators voicing aspirations should not be seen as engaging in groupism.
He also said that Chief Minister Siddaramaiah is scheduled to visit Karkala in Udupi district on Wednesday.
