No COVID-19 lockdown proposal yet: Karnataka CM
The Hindu
Asked people not to panic about ‘Omicron’ but duly follow all COVID-19 protocol
Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai clarified that there is no proposal before the Karnataka Government impose a lockdown now. He further clarified that authorities had been told to keep vigil over schools and colleges, but not to close them.
Speaking to mediapersons in Davangere on November 29, Mr. Bommai asked people not to panic over the new COVID-19 variant ‘Omicron’ and duly follow all COVID-19 protocol.
Amidst demand by the BJP for an investigation by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) into the alleged unauthorised transfer of funds belonging to the Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribes Development Corporation (MVSTDC), Home Minister G. Parameshwara on Friday said that the State government will not hand over the investigation to the CBI “voluntarily.”