BENGALURU: Karnataka Prime Minister BS Yediyurappa He said Tuesday that there is no need for a night curfew in the state.
“I even got to know a person who tested positive after arriving from the UK. We are also following all the guidelines. Whoever is coming from the UK and elsewhere will be checked in at the airport. Our prime minister is also very interested in the problem. , there is no need for a night curfew in the state, “Yediyurappa said.
In view of the new strain of Covid-19 reported from the UK, the Karnataka Government it has improved passenger screening at international airports and seaports.
According to the circular issued by the state government, the Ministry of Civil Aviation, the Government of India has decided to suspend all flights from the UK to India. In this context, Bengaluru and Mangaluru International Airports are instructed to provide the list of passengers arriving from the UK from 7 December 2020 onwards to date.
“You are hereby instructed that for all flights arriving from today (Monday), RT-PCR (reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction) testing must be performed for all passengers from the UK, including those transiting through other airports outside the UK. Those who test positive for RT-PCR will be in hospital isolation and positive samples should be sent to NIMHANS, Bengaluru for molecular testing, “the circular added.
Passengers who are RT-PCR negative will be under strict home quarantine for 14 days. The contact details of all these passengers must be reported to the District Surveillance Officers for the follow-up of the quarantine.
Flight services from the UK to India have been suspended until December 31 as a precaution against the outbreak of a new strain of coronavirus in London and England.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson informed the public on Sunday that a new variant of the Covid-19 virus has been found in the UK. “Given the preliminary evidence we have on this new variant of the virus and the potential risk it poses, I must say with great regret that we cannot continue with Christmas as planned,” Johnson tweeted.
Karnataka Minister of Health, Dr. K Sudhakar on Monday he warned hotels and party halls to take strict action if they allowed mass gatherings on Christmas and New Years. The directive was intended to control the spread of Covid-19.
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