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Brace for near-complete lockdown from today; pubs and restaurants won’t take customers but takeaway will be allowedFinally, there was something to cheer on Friday as Karnataka declared it’s firstcured patient. He has fully recovered and has been discharged.The P5 (fifth patient) had returned from his honeymoon in Greece and had tested positive after coming to. He has been discharged from the Jayanagar General Hospital after following protocol.The patient was stable and was tested negative in two reports. There were also no new Covid-19 positive cases recorded on Friday, said Dr Sudhakar K, State medical education minister. Another patient who was due to be discharged on Friday from Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Chest Diseases (RGICD) refused to leave the hospital as her husband and child were still in isolation.She said that she would prefer to leave together as a family, said the minister.Sudhakar said that a total of five patients are set to be discharged by Wednesday next. However, 13 Covid-19 positive patients are in isolation at designated hospitals and are stable. A total of 59 patients were admitted to designated hospitals in Karnataka and a total of 20 patients were admitted in designated hospitals in Bengaluru.Meanwhile, Karnataka government has issued an advisory asking people to avoid restaurants and sit-in eateries to limit contact with Covid-19 positive cases, following the. They have advised that they obtain food from eateries through food ordering and delivery platforms. According to the advisory from the Karnataka Commissionerate of Health and Family Welfare Services dated March 19, citizens were advised to get food packets delivered at the reception gate of apartment buildings or gated community so that social distance is maintained. The Commissionerate also advised the public to maintain “social distancing” to the extent possible, avoid gatherings which may be conducive for the easy spread of infection, if any, to healthy people. The health of the housemaid or housekeeping persons visiting the house for cleaning and cooking, may also be maintained at optimal level to limit the spread of the virus infection, it added.* Metro* Auto rickshaw* Cabs including Ola & Uber* Taxi* BMTC to operate only limited buses* Pubs, bars to be closed till March 31 (except liquor vends)* Kitchens of restaurants to remain open for takeaways only