coronavirus bangalore

State government has prepared a contingency plan in case COVID-19 cases blow up. Preparations are being made by projecting that there’d be 10,000 cases by April end. Read more in our roundup.

The administration will soon have to take tough decisions on gradually easing the lockdown and restarting the economy. But this isn’t going to be easy. Here are some pointers on how the lockdown can be relaxed in Bengaluru.

Both the Centre and the State have issued orders to ensure that tenants are not evicted during the lockdown period by house owners, PG accommodations and hostels. Bengaluru’s Police Commissioner Bhaskar Rao, who anticipates more issues in the coming week as many tenants would not be able to pay their rent, has asked aggrieved persons to alert the police.

In just three weeks, COVID-19 has severely impacted life in Bengaluru. What issues have cropped up during this period, and how well has the State responded to these?

As the city copes with the lockdown, there’ve been concerns about passes for commute, availability and price of essential commodities, and so on. Read more in our weekly roundup.

BBMP has set up a ‘war room’ to prevent the spread of coronavirus and create awareness. The 24X7 war room will keep track of quarantined people, collect data, map affected areas, and so on.

The objective of the survey, conducted through 65 telephonic interviews on March 21 and 22, was to ensure that the adverse impact of the lockdown on marginal communities in the city is mitigated.

Given Bengaluru’s efforts to contain coronavirus, should you be accessing parks and green spaces? In case you do, what precautions should you take? Here is an advisory from BBMP.

Pourakarmikas are our first line of defence against COVID-19. But they don’t have the right equipment, facilities to maintain personal hygiene, or health check-ups to ensure they’re neither infected nor unwittingly spreading the disease.