BENGALURU: The state government announced on Wednesday a nightly curfew from 10 pm to 6 am from December 22 to January 2, 2021 to evade the possibility of the new strain of the Covid-19 virus making its way from the UK .
Having suspended all UK air traffic, India has been on high alert regarding the new strain and states like Maharashtra have already imposed a nightly curfew to prevent further gathering of people on the streets and watering holes ahead of the spree. New year.
On Wednesday, taking a sheet from the Maharashtra rule book, Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa announced the nightly curfew from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. based on the recommendations of the technical advisory committee (TAC) and the warning from the center about the new strain of the virus as a “superspreader”.
“For 9 days, from tonight to January 2, 2021, I urge people to cooperate with the government that is imposing a nightly curfew in light of the new strain of Covid-19 that has been identified in the UK, “said Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa.
Indeed, apart from the emergency services and those that have exemption, they must remain inside between said duration for the next 9 days.
In addition, Karnataka has also made it mandatory for all international passengers to obtain a negative RT-PCR certificate 72 hours before departure from the host country to the international airports of Bengaluru or Mangaluru.
“We have taken enough and more precautions in this regard with a dedicated testing center inside the airport and everyone will be screened before they are allowed to leave,” Yediyurappa said.
Later, referring to the night curfew and international passenger testing, Health Minister K Sudhakar said that the government had consulted the TAC for the past two days and concluded to impose a night curfew to avoid gatherings in large numbers outdoors for parties. weddings and new year’s party.
“A detailed POE will be issued later in the day,” he said.
On international passenger testing, Sudhakar said that to date some 2,500 people have traveled from the UK between November 25 and December 22 and all of them have been tracked.
“We have made it mandatory for all these passengers to be in mandatory quarantine for 28 days and the health department is closely monitoring them and their travel movements,” he said.
He said that all those international passengers who test positive for the virus, their samples will be sent to four identified laboratories in Bengaluru, including NIHMANS, IISc and NCBS, to perform genetic tests to identify if it is the new strain that has reached the state.
“The genetic test will be free and the person being tested will not be charged,” he said.
Having suspended all UK air traffic, India has been on high alert regarding the new strain and states like Maharashtra have already imposed a nightly curfew to prevent further gathering of people on the streets and watering holes ahead of the spree. New year.
On Wednesday, taking a sheet from the Maharashtra rule book, Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa announced the nightly curfew from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. based on the recommendations of the technical advisory committee (TAC) and the warning from the center about the new strain of the virus as a “superspreader”.
“For 9 days, from tonight to January 2, 2021, I urge people to cooperate with the government that is imposing a nightly curfew in light of the new strain of Covid-19 that has been identified in the UK, “said Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa.
Indeed, apart from the emergency services and those that have exemption, they must remain inside between said duration for the next 9 days.
In addition, Karnataka has also made it mandatory for all international passengers to obtain a negative RT-PCR certificate 72 hours before departure from the host country to the international airports of Bengaluru or Mangaluru.
“We have taken enough and more precautions in this regard with a dedicated testing center inside the airport and everyone will be screened before they are allowed to leave,” Yediyurappa said.
Later, referring to the night curfew and international passenger testing, Health Minister K Sudhakar said that the government had consulted the TAC for the past two days and concluded to impose a night curfew to avoid gatherings in large numbers outdoors for parties. weddings and new year’s party.
“A detailed POE will be issued later in the day,” he said.
On international passenger testing, Sudhakar said that to date some 2,500 people have traveled from the UK between November 25 and December 22 and all of them have been tracked.
“We have made it mandatory for all these passengers to be in mandatory quarantine for 28 days and the health department is closely monitoring them and their travel movements,” he said.
He said that all those international passengers who test positive for the virus, their samples will be sent to four identified laboratories in Bengaluru, including NIHMANS, IISc and NCBS, to perform genetic tests to identify if it is the new strain that has reached the state.
“The genetic test will be free and the person being tested will not be charged,” he said.
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