BENGALURU: The Karnataka cabinet on Thursday rejected the recommendations of an expert panel of doctors advocating a “graded lifting” of the 21-day lockdown and favoured complete shutdown till April 30. “The cabinet ministers have suggested extension of the full-scale lockdown to check the spread of Covid-19. We will take a final decision after consulting the PM,” chief minister BS Yediyurappa said.
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The PM is set to hold a teleconference with CMs on Saturday to seek their opinion on continuation of the lockdown.
The cabinet also decided to cut the salaries of ministers, MLAs, MLCs, speaker, deputy speaker and the chief whip by 30% for one year and give it to the state government for use in fighting the