COVID-19: Namma metro service suspended till Mar 31

Team Udayavani, Mar 22, 2020, 3:45 PM IST

Bengaluru: The services of the Namma metro have been suspended till March 31 with immediate effect due to the coronavirus outbreak, officials said on Sunday.

The decision was taken after a total positive case in Karnataka reached 21. A 33-year-old man, with recent foreign travel history, has tested positive for coronavirus, said Dharwad DC Deepa Cholan on Sunday.

Meanwhile, Karnataka Health Department has said that 500 teams of Bengaluru police and the local civic body will check that those who returned from foreign countries are observing home quarantine in the wake of coronavirus outbreak.

Those found violating the quarantine rules will be penalized for a criminal offense under the IPC and the Epidemic Act, the Health Department said.