After the second Covid wave hit hard leaving many orphans in the process, Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa on Saturday announced the Chief Minister s Bala Seva Scheme for the welfare of children orphaned due to Covid -19, including .
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All asymptomaticpatients in Chamarajanagar district will henceforth be isolated and quarantined in the newly established COVID care centres to prevent the spread of the pandemic in the rural areas.
This was announced by the Minister for Education S. Suresh Kumar, who is also in charge of the district, in Chamarajanagar on Thursday.
There are 1,894 patients under home isolation in the district and the district administration had reviewed the earlier decision last week. This followed complaints of violation of isolation norms which threatened community health.
The difficulties in ensuring isolation of asymptomatic patients in rural areas was high on the minds of the district administration and health experts following which a decision has been taken to admit asymptomatic patients to COVID care centres.