Bengaluru hospitals directed to admit only 'moderately and severely ill COVID-19 patients'
Bengaluru/IBNS: Amid a spike in coronavirus cases in Bengaluru, hospitals in the city have been directed to admit patients with 'moderate or severe' symptoms only.
The Karnataka government has advised the mild and asymptomatic patients to stay in home isolation.
In a notification, the government said: "moderately and severely ill COVID-19 patients are sometimes unable to get admission... in this context, it would be prudent to admit moderately and severely ill patients, both government and private, and encourage asymptomatic and mildly symptomatic patients to get admitted in COVID care centres or be in home isolation."
Bengaluru has been recording a massive spike in the COVID-19 cases of late with the total tally crossing 25,000 till late Friday evening.
Meanwhile, Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa has ruled out extending the lockdown and rather announced a slew of measures to track and test COVID-19 patients.
Karnataka overall recorded 55,000 cases so far, including 33,211 active ones and 1,147 deaths,
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