COVID-19 cases: Ministers to meet BSY on Monday

In the light of COVID-19 cases crossing the 3,000 mark in the State, a few senior Ministers will meet Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa on Monday to seek stricter implementation of restrictions or impos

In the light of COVID-19 cases crossing the 3,000 mark in the State, a few senior Ministers will meet Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa on Monday to seek stricter implementation of restrictions or imposing additional restrictions to prevent the rapid spread, especially in Bengaluru. Ahead of the meeting on Monday, Health and Medical Education Minister K. Sudhakar met Home Minister Basavaraj Bommai. “The mutated virus is spreading fast. While it was around 300 cases daily four weeks ago, it has now reached 3,000 daily. This is a 10-time increase. I feel the current restrictions are not enough,” Dr. Sudhakar told presspersons here on Sunday. He said that if stricter measures were not in place, hospitals would be under stress with increased load if cases rose. “With the increasing number of cases, the number of deaths will also proportionally increase. It will be difficult then,” he warned.