No suspected cases of coronavirus in Dakshina Kannada so far, DK DHO says ‘high alert’ precautionary
Mangaluru: Dr. Ramakrishna Rao, Dakshina Kannada District Health and Family Welfare Officer on Monday informed that there were no reported cases of coronavirus in the District so far and added that the health department was closely monitoring the situation regarding the deadly outbreak of the virus.
Earlier in the day, the government of Karnataka had issued a media bulletin putting four border Districts of the state – Dakshina Kannada, Kodagu, Mysore and Chamrajnagar -- on high alert as Kerala reported third positive case of coronavirus in the country.
Speaking to Vartha Bharati over phone call, Dr. Rao added that there were no reported or suspected cases of coronavirus in the District. He further added that the District Health Department was in constant touch with hospitals in the District and was closely monitoring the situation.
“The alert is precautionary. No cases have been reported so far. We are monitoring the situation, the department is in regular touch with hospitals. We have issued alert at the Mangaluru International Airport as well and are working towards creating greater awareness regarding the virus” Dr. Rao told Vartha Bharati.
In the media bulletin from the state government, it had stated “As there are two positive cases in Kerala the border Districts of Mangaluru, Kodagu, Chamrajnagar and Mysore are on high alert and any suspected are advised to report immediately to SSU Karnataka”.
The advisory further urged people to adhere to health advisories issued by the state government, while also adding that those who have arrived from the corona affected countries should remain under strict home isolation for 28 days from the date of arrival in India irrespective of whether they are symptomatic or asymptomatic.
The state has so far sent 44 samples to the National Institute of Virology (NIV) Pune for testing, out of which results of 29 samples came as negative, the media bulletin added.
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H D Revanna fails to get relief, bail plea hearing adjourned
Bengaluru (PTI): JD(S) MLA H D Revanna, who is in the custody of the Special Investigation Team (SIT), on Tuesday failed to get relief from the Special Court for Elected Representatives here, which adjourned his bail plea hearing to Wednesday.
The 66-year-old former Minister was arrested by the SIT on Saturday in an alleged case of abduction of a woman and remanded to police custody till May 8. The court had on Saturday turned down his anticipatory bail plea.
Revanna, son of JD(S) patriarch and former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda, and his confidant Sathish Babanna were booked on Thursday night for allegedly abducting a woman on April 29.
The case was registered on a complaint filed by the woman's son, who alleged that his mother was sexually abused by Revanna's son and JD(S) MP Prajwal Revanna.
The SIT has also secured the custody of Babanna.
The woman was allegedly abducted to prevent her from testifying against Prajwal, police sources said.
The explicit videos of alleged sexual abuse of women by Prajwal had been making the rounds on social media based on which the state government formed the SIT on April 28 to probe the case after the Karnataka State Commission for Women wrote a letter to the Chief Minister Siddaramaiah.
The 33-year-old Prajwal, who was the NDA candidate in the Hassan Lok Sabha constituency, reportedly left the country on April 27, a day after the elections, and skipped the SIT summons to appear before it.
Interpol has issued a Blue Corner notice against the absconding MP, who is facing sexual abuse charges.
