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Lockdown extended in Karnataka till June 14 morning

Bengaluru: On Thursday, Karnataka chief minister BS Yediyurappa declared the extension of lockdown from June 7 to June 14 to control the spread of Covid-19 in the state.

Yediyurappa told, “We had earlier announced stringent restrictions from May 24 to June 7 to contain the spread of coronavirus. Though the infections have reduced, the spread of the disease is still on.”

“It has been decided to extend the restrictions by a week following the recommendations of experts till June 14 morning”, he said.

The restrictions are in effect since April 27, but from May 10 the CM had announced a shutdown till the morning of May 24.

However, due to the spike in cases, it was further extended till June 7.

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