 "A health worker collects swab sample of a passenger for Covid-19 test, amid fear of spread of the Omicron variant of Covid, at Krantiveer Sangoli Rayanna (KSR) railway station in Bengaluru (Photo: PTI)")
Positivity rate in Karnataka rose to 10.96 per cent on Wednesday even as the state recorded 21,390 fresh Covid cases during the day. Of that, Bengaluru accounted for 15,617 cases.
The Karnataka High Court asked the state government why the Mekedatu padayatra was allowed amid the rising number of Covid cases. It also issued a show-cause notice to the Congress for violating Covid curbs.
“Congress did not follow Covid rules. Congress did not allow officers to do their duty. Will the Congress now ignore Hon'ble High Court's reprehension? The BJP government did not use brute force to stop padayatra respecting the right
