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Addressing media persons he said, “We have decided to turn the 1,700-bed Victoria Hospital in Bengaluru to an exclusive Covid-19 treatment hospital. We are also increasing facilities to test at least 200 out of 10 lakh people. All symptomatic and non-symptomatic contacts of positive patients will be tested.”
Meanwhile the government has also closed the state borders and said that all domestic passengers would now be screened as a precautionary measure against the spread of Covid-19.