Lord chancellor and secretary of state for justice, Robert Buckland lauded the efforts of the state government during a video conference chief minister B S Yediyurappa held with the Kannadigas living in England on Sunday regarding the measures taken to contain the virus in the state, an official release said. Buckland too appeared for discussion with the chief minsiter and sought information about control of the disease in India, especially in Karnataka.
According to the statement, Buckland was amazed to learn that COVID-19 has not touched upon rural areas, so far. Yediyurappa assured the Kannadigas residing abroad that they need not worry about their parents or elders in the state as their well being would be taken care of. Economic activities would be started according to the guidelines of the Central government in a phased or graded manner in coming days, the CM was quoted as saying.