As the Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai announced weekend curfew in the border districts of Maharashtra and Kerala and night curfew throughout the state to curb the epidemic to enter the again, Health Minister K Sudhakar said there was no need to impose Lockdown again in the state.

He said there was no question of imposing a lockdown across the state and there was nosuch a situation to implement the Lockdown.

He said the government has already imposed a night curfew across the state and the restrictions like the curbs on large gatherings and other potential risks are already in place and the things could be monitored in a day-to-day basis and take appropriate decisions based on the opinions of experts and recommendations of the TAC.

He said there are 162 micro-containment zones in Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) and 65 per cent of Bangaluru’s micro-containment zones are in Mahadevapura, East and Bommanahalli zones.

Denying the claims of vaccine shortage in Karnataka, he said that the state has administered more than 3.23 crore doses and has received 12.24 lakh doses of Covid-19 vaccine so far in August.

There was no shortage of vaccines and the state was confident of vaccinating the entire adult population in the state by the year-end, Sudhakar said.