November 27, 2021 2:38 PM

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Karnataka CM Basavaraj calls emergency meeting with health department over rise in corona cases

<span style="color: #222222;">Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai has called a meeting of COVID experts, Health Department, and Disaster Management officials to discuss two COVID super spreader incidents reported in the state. Speaking to media persons, the Chief Minister said that precautionary measures will be taken after consulting the experts to prevent the spread of Coronavirus.<br />''<br />''AIR correspondent reports, The pandemic situation in Karnataka was stable with daily COVID positive cases remaining below three hundred for a month. But, two super spreader incidents in Bengaluru and another in Dharwad have sounded the alarm bells. In SDM Medical College in Dharwad, the number of COVID positive cases has increased from 182 yesterday to 281 today. Another 1,822 test results are being awaited. Out of 281 incidents of COVID cases, only six persons have mild symptoms and others have no symptoms of the viral infection. In another super spreader incident in Bengaluru, 34 students in a private school hostel have tested positive with COVID virus. Out of 497 people in the residential school, 297 are students and 200 are staff members. All the 34 students who were tested positive are asymptomatic. </span><br />

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