Bengaluru: Eight of Karnataka Deputy CM Govind Karjol’s family members were tested Covid positive and his son is on ventilator.In a social media post today, Karjol explained his inability to take up a long journey to physically monitor the flood situation in Bagalkote and Kalaburagi.
In the last 25 hours, the state reported 7,012 fresh cases of COVID-19 and the death toll reached 10,478. The private hospitals in the state have alleged that firms were fleecing them on medical oxygen. In a letter written to the Drugs Controller of the state Drugs Control Department, they have also stated that the prices quoted by the manufacturers is higher than that fixed by the National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority.
Meanwhile, Covid-hit farmers too are suffer loss as grains stored in underground stockyards are decaying due to rains in Gadag.
– globalbihari bureau
