Karnataka Keeps Close Watch As Neighbouring Kerala Battles Covid Surge

Bengaluru:

Karnataka has been retaining a detailed watch on its districts bordering Kerala and Maharashtra – states with a excessive variety of Covid instances – for final a number of weeks. There’s a an additional sharp give attention to travellers from Kerala because it battles excessive day by day Covid infections.

The Karnataka authorities – which had earlier made a unfavourable Covid report a should for these coming in from Kerala – has additional tightened restrictions.

Earlier this week, the state authorities mentioned these coming in from Kerala must endure a obligatory one week institutional quarantine.

“Massive variety of folks journey day by day to bordering districts of Dakshina Kannada, Udupi from Kerala for schooling, therapy, livelihood and varied different actions. We can even launch tips for necessary institutional quarantine of travellers coming by means of practice and flight,” Well being Minister Dr Okay Sudhakar mentioned.

Dakshin Kannada district reported 191 new instances within the newest knowledge, second solely to capital Bengaluru. This was adopted by Kodagu with 95 and Mysuru and Udupi each with 91 new instances every.

The Minister additionally mentioned that quite a lot of Covid optimistic college students in Noorunnisa Institute of Nursing, the school in Kolar district, had been Kerala returnees.

“32 college students are contaminated with Covid in a school in KGF. All of them are Kerala returnees,” he mentioned. “I’ll go to the school and take motion towards the school administration.”

Vaccination can be being stepped up in border districts.

The Minister burdened that COVID-19 instances had been below management within the state.

“Covid has been introduced below management to 700-800 instances per day from as excessive as 50,000 instances per day. The federal government has labored arduous to mitigate the pandemic,” he mentioned.