In his address to the media, Dr Sudhakar said that the state government will bear the cost of the hike in salaries of the doctors and added that ASHA staff will also get a salary hike soon.

He also talked about the COVID-19 management in the state and said that testing will be increased in the containment zones.

During a meeting chaired by Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa, the Education Minister said that it was decided that booth level committees would conduct door to door surveys for early detection of influenza-like illness (ILI) and severe acute respiratory infections (SARI).

He also urged private hospitals to admit and treat COVID-19 patients and asked them to not be hesitant in admitting pregnant women. This is in the light of a tragedy happened on July 19, where three hospitals denied medical assistance for a pregnant woman. The pregnant woman gave birth to the baby in an auto-rickshaw. However the baby died.

This is the second infant to die in Bengaluru over the past 10 days after alleged lack of assistance from hospitals.

Karnataka on July 20 registered 3,648 new covid-19 positive cases increasing the tally to 67,420. While 72 more persons succumbed to the virus. There are 42,216 active cases in the state.

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In this regard, the revenue department issued a directive on July 15. This announcement comes days after some members from the Brahmin community complained that they were refused caste and income certificates by the authorities.

“It has come to the notice of the government that tehsildars are refusing to issue the caste and income certificates as per the earlier order. All tehsildars should immediately take action in this regard and issue caste certificates to Brahmins,” said the Karnataka Revenue Department.

The notification also comes a month after the Karataka State Brahmin Development Board appealed to the state government to allow certificates to be issued to Brahmins as well. Brahmins whose gross annual family income is below Rs 8 lakh per annum are eligible for this schemes.

Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa had announced last month that the state government would issue caste and income certificates to Brahmins who constitutes 3% of the state’s population. He said that it would allow the board to implement welfare schemes.

The board has also urged the authorities to implement the 10% reservation for economically weaker sections (EWS) which is currently applicable for central government jobs and admissions to central government institutions.

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