Bengaluru: On Saturday, Union Minister Sadananda Gowda said that lockdown has to be extended if need be, as it has been yielding results, with major cities including Bengaluru witnessing a decline in daily COVID-19 cases. Amid the rising Covid-19 cases in the state, the Karnataka government that had initially announced 14 days “close down” from April 27, subsequently imposed a complete lockdown from May 10 to May 24, amid the spike in cases.
“Lockdowns have been successful and have yielded results, cities like Mumbai, Delhi, and Karnataka’s Bengaluru are examples. There has been a decline (in Bengaluru) since the last couple of days,” Gowda said. Speaking to reporters here, the union minister who represents Bengaluru North parliamentary seat said, there is a need to break the chain. He added that if there is a need for it, lockdown will be extended.
Conceding that the government’s action plan on vaccination got disrupted as people of all the age groups started coming as masses to take it, with the intensity of the second wave increasing, the Union Minister said necessary steps and policies will be implemented soon so that everyone receives the vaccine.