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Death of a schoolgirl who had been hospitalised for two years after a dry tree branch fell on her while going to school has created public outrage in Karnataka capital Bengaluru.

Amidst a raging controversy over dress code in schools and colleges, the BBMP began distributing uniforms at schools across Bengaluru. Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) officials maintained that the move has no connection to the snowballing controversy, though they admitted that distribution of uniforms has been pending since August when schools reopened for offline

The Karnataka High Court on Monday directed BBMP to submit its plan to fill potholes on Bengaluru roads.

For much of the third wave, the Delta variant of the novel coronavirus was responsible for nearly all cases of disease severity. However, an ongoing preliminary study has determined that Omicron, too, could be causing people to turn gravely ill.

Biomedical waste has seen a 10 per cent increase in the city with more people opting to test themselves using over-the-counter Covid testing kits and a majority of those testing positive remaining under home isolation.  “Biomedical waste increased by 5 per cent-10 per cent and we are closely monitoring the situation. Civic workers have been given the required safety gear and

Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) Chief Commissioner Gaurav Gupta on Thursday said that there is about a 30 per cent reduction in daily COVID-19 cases in all the zones of the municipality, further instructing the officials to take precautions to contain the spread of infection in localities with a high caseload.

Bengaluru recorded 30,540 fresh Covid-19 cases on Thursday, breaching its record for the highest single-day tally. The city also reported eight deaths during this period.

Week-on-week Covid-positive numbers shot up by a whopping 250% in Bengaluru, prompting the BBMP to step up surveillance measures.  Hospitalisation has, however, been dropping in the city as a mere 1.3% of the total active cases (1,78,328) are currently in hospitals.  Officials also revealed that less than 0.5% of the 1.3% cases are in critical care. 

The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) officials said that the third wave of Covid is likely to peak by January 25 in Bengaluru, with daily infections touching 35,000 cases.

The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) stated that an entire apartment complex will be declared a ‘containment zone’ for seven days if there are more than three Covid cases.