<p>As the second Covid wave has ravaged Karnataka, state Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa announced that the entire state including Bengaluru city will go for a full lockdown for starting from April 27, 9 pm till May 9th in a bid to contain the raging COVID-19 crisis.</p> <p>The state especially the capital Bengaluru is reeling under a crisis of ventilator and ICU beds with patients needing to wait for hours to get admitted to hospitals.</p> <p>&nbsp;Karnataka has more than 1.6 lakh active cases with an overwhelming majority in Bengaluru.&nbsp; In light of this, some members of the Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) which held its 99th meeting on April 24 in Bengaluru had advised for a two-week-long down.</p> <h3><strong>What's Open And What Will Remain Shut?</strong></h3> <ul> <li>The Yediyurappa government said that the state will be under complete lockdown for 14 days therefore all shops, malls, cinema halls, restaurants will remain shut.</li> <li>Stores selling essential items will remain open for people only from 6 am to 10 am, the Chief Minister confirmed.</li> <li>Manufacturing sector constructions, agricultural activities will be allowed but garment factories are prohibited.</li> <li>Public transportation will not function. Goods can be transported from one state to another.</li> <li>Takeaway from restaurants and home delivery of alcohol has been allowed.</li> </ul> <p>Karnataka reported another biggest single-day spike of 34,804 new COVID-19 cases, taking the total caseload to 13.39 lakh, while 143 related fatalities pushed the toll to 14,426, the Health Department said on Sunday. Bengaluru alone registered for 20,733 cases.</p> <p>The separate guidelines will be issued by the government later in the day.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>

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