Lockdown begins
Mysore/Mysuru, May 10 -- To break the chain of COVID-19 transmission, a 14-day stricter lockdown - perhaps the harshest after the last year's nationwide lockdown - came into effect in Karnataka from 6 am today.
The tough restrictions will remain in force till 6 am on May 24. Notably, the State was already under 'Corona Curfew' since Apr. 27. But as the number of cases continued to rise, the B.S. Yediyurappa-led Government decided to extend the curfew.
Karnataka has been recording the highest number of cases after Maharashtra and is now the second worst-hit State in the country. Even as cases continue to spike, experts have said Bengaluru may see the second wave of COVID-19 start flattening only after May 17.
Karnataka recorded 47,930 f...
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