bengaluru karnataka governments decision to conceal details pertaining to mode of covid19 transmission among patients reporting positive has raised questions about the states transparency and openness in containing the spread of coronavirusthe state health department on wednesday changed the format of its daily health bulletin and ceased to provide details such as age gender mode of transmission of infection travel history of a covid patient and the hospital where heshe is receiving treatment the new format only offered districtwise data of covidpositive cases discharges and deathsthe change of format for which the department has not offered any explanation comes at a time when the state is witnessing a spike in covid positive cases and the threat of communityspread looms large many took to social media to question the state governments decision not to reveal the mode of transmission while some charged the government with trying to hide information a doctor name withheld requested the government to switch over to the old format and states healthcare community also needs to know if new cases are from clusterscontactstravel or if it is in a patient with sari or ilia few twitter users maintained that changes to the bulletin would increase coronaanxiety especially in the backdrop of fearmongering by some local television channels twitter user srinivas posted karnataka govt was appreciated across the country for the transparency and efficiency in handling the pandemic mere increase in numbers due to migrants does not mean failure of the system opacity increases anxiety in public casts undeserved doubt please reverse lead the way others maintained that the change in format gave an impression that covid situation was going out of control in the state