Karnataka Government prepared to face COVID-19 third wave: Chief Minister
The Hindu
Will impose only such restrictions that would have minimum adverse impact on the economy
Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai said that the government, based on the lessons learnt in the first and second waves of COVID-19, has made extensive preparations to face a possible third wave of the pandemic.
“We have had experience in handling the pandemic in the first and second waves. Based on the lessons learnt, we have given impetus to develop health infrastructure. We have augmented hospital beds and oxygen production. Indents for medicines have been taken from every district to streamline supply,” Mr. Bommai told mediaersons at Kalaburagi airport on January 4. He was in Kalaburagi to inaugurate the 36th State Conference of Karnataka Union of Working Journalists.
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