Sudhakar: No plan for lockdown

Shyam Sundar Vattam | NT

Bengaluru: Despite a sharp increase in Corona cases, the Karnataka government has no plans to impose a lockdown, Health and Medical Education Minister Dr K. Sudhakar said on Friday.

Though cases and the Case Positivity Rate (CPR) are going up, lockdowns cannot check them. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has suggested that states take measures that would not impact the economy. So, there is no proposal for a lockdown, he said.

The lockdowns imposed during the first and second wave had created a lot of problems for the public and experts too have opined that it is not a solution. Instead, tough rules would be imposed which citizens would have to follow strictly. Experts feel the third wave will peak in the