Daijiworld Media Network - Bengaluru (DV)
Bengaluru, Mar 17: An old video clip with the logo of a private news channel in which the Karnataka chief minister B S Yediyurappa can be heard announcing restrictions to curb the rise in Covid-19 is going viral on social media. However, the video is not recent but is of a recording that took place back in March 2020.
The video begins with CM Yediyurappa announcing at a press meet that for a period of one-week, malls, cinema theatres, pubs and nightclubs, exhibitions, summer camps, swimming pools, sports events, marriage, conferences, parties will be banned throughout the state.
The viral video also shows the then state health minister B Sriramulu being a part of the conference. The fact that Sriramulu is no longer the state health minister is proof that the video was recorded last year.
In the video, Yediyurappa also states that a man from Kalaburagi has died due to the Covid infection and that he had come in contact with 46 people and with over 36 people coming in direct contact with him. This information signifies the initial days of the infections being reported in the state.