Coronavirus: 5,000 beds arranged at BIEC COVID Care Centre

First Published Jul 24, 2020, 2:11 PM IST

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After inspected the COVID Care Centre at BIEC, BBMP commissioner N Manjunatha Prasad said only 5,000 out of the 10,000 beds have been arranged so far

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The country’s biggest COVID Care Centre, with 10,100 beds, opened at Bengaluru International Exhibition Centre (BIEC) on Tumakuru Road last week.

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Karnataka CM BS Yediyurappa too had visited the COVID care centre and inspected the facilities and assured that the state was ready to tackle the coronavirus pandemic.

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However, Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) commissioner N Manjunatha Prasad said that only 5,000 beds have been put in place at the BIEC COVID Care Centre.

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Manjunatha Prasad visited the largest COVID Care Centre on July 23 to inspect the facilities.

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“Currently only 5,000 beds out of the 10,100 have been readied at BIEC. Another 1,000 beds will be brought in soon,” BBMP commissioner said.

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Bengaluru alone reported more than 2,000 new cases in the last 24 hours and has a caseload of over 26,000 positive cases.

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