
Yediyurappa to visit Hassan to review COVID-19 situation
The Hindu
Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa will be visiting Hassan to review the COVID-19 situation on June 11.Hassan is one among the few districts where every day more than 1,000 fresh cases and at least 10 de
Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa will be visiting Hassan to review the COVID-19 situation on June 11. Hassan is one among the few districts where every day more than 1,000 fresh cases and at least 10 deaths have been reported. Only in the past couple of days has the daily count of cases fallen below 1,000. The Chief Minister will be holding a meeting with senior officers and will review the steps taken to bring down the cases. Hassan Deputy Commissioner R. Girish on Tuesday held a videoconference meeting with tahsildars and other officers on the COVID-19 situation. He directed the officers to ramp up COVID-19 testing to detect infections at an early stage and stop their spread.
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