Mysuru, Mar 15: The renowned Mysore Palace will remain closed for tourists for a week from March 15 to 22, in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak, Mysore Palace committee said on Saturday.
The Karnataka government has ordered shutting down for a week all places and activities where people gather in large number including swimming pools, shopping malls, schools, colleges and cinema halls, state Health Minister B Sriramulu said amid the coronavirus threat.
This comes after Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa chaired an emergency meeting with ministers and senior officials on Friday to discuss the situation.
Earlier, schools in the state had announced early summer vacation for their students this academic year as a precautionary measure. Other public places have been shut down in the state amid the coronavirus scare.
The central government had on Thursday said that the death of the 76-year-old man from Kalaburagi in Karnataka was confirmed to be caused due to co-morbidity while he was also tested positive for COVID-19. The man visited Saudi Arabia on January 29 and returned to India a month later on February 29.
Till date, India has reported two deaths and 84 confirmed cases of the deadly coronavirus.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared the coronavirus outbreak a pandemic. The virus, which originated in the Chinese city of Wuhan last year has spread to more than 100 countries worldwide, infecting over 1,30,000 people.
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Write letter PM, not to CM....these people BJP 2nd team...drama
Hindu have no problem to eat cow according to Vedas.....these all politics..
Yes ban ban ban ban.. ban export too!!
when you become animal, than the love for animal is increase & love for Mankind descreses!!!
one of the biggest fraud religion in front of GOD is "HINDU RELIGION"
name itself given by outsider & some swamiji take this as business. we can see nowdays with crores of turnover and politician taking advantage and playing with emotion of people
the True religion of india is "VEDIC RELIGION"
concept is very simple only worship one GOD
you can eat beef or not its your choice. but you should good to mankind & work for betterment of society.
Why these swamys dont request PM to dont kill cows and export foreign countries.Is there holy cows and non-holy cows ?
It is the act of criminal if they are the really reiigious such kind of behaviour they should not do. A insult to Hindu religion.
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