This story is from March 27, 2020

Coronavirus in Bengaluru: Updates from your locked-down city

Amid prevalent chaos and uncertainty over access to essential services following the lockdown, we bring you updates from your city.
Coronavirus in Bengaluru: Updates from your locked-down city
Karnataka cabinet meeting on March 27
Amid prevalent chaos and uncertainty over access to essential services following the lockdown, we bring you updates from your city.
5.35pm: Food being to hungry people in Banashankari police station limits

Update at 2.56pm: 10-month-old male child, from Dakshina Kannada has no history of travel to Covid-19 affected countries and isolated at designated hospital in Dakshina Kannada.
As per the preliminary investigation, the child was taken to Kerala by their family members. The detailed investigation is under process and 6 primary contacts have been traced and are under house quarantine
*Update at 2.27pm: Seven fresh Covid-19 cases reported in Karnataka, state's total tally at 62.
*Update at 1.26pm: Karnataka cabinet announced supply of food packets at Indira Canteens and supply of groceries to doorsteps in cities and towns through urban local bodies.
*Update at 1.25pm: Karnataka government will enforce lockdown more strictly from now on. The cabinet took a decision in this regard following a direction from Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Update at 12.51pm: Third Covid-19 death in Karnataka. The 65-year old man who tested positive for coronavirus dies in Tumakuru district.

*Karnataka cabinet meet update at 11.43am: Sale of seeds, fertilisers, pesticides will resume, while farmers and agri labourers will be allowed for their movement.
Update at 11.30am: Officials in the Bengaluru division of South Western Railway (SWR) make hand sanitiser, distribute food.
*Update at 11.27am: Karnataka cabinet meeting is being held with seating maintained at one meter distance. The venue has been shifted from the cabinet hall to the conference hall inside the Vidhan Souda.
*A state cabinet meeting on Friday is likely to take a call to ensure hassle-free grocery shopping for households by month-end.
*Karnataka government on Thursday has asked authorities to initiate strict penal action against landlords who force doctors/paramedical staff or other health workers to vacate their premises in the wake of coronavirus.
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