The Karnataka government ordered a week-long institutional quarantine for visitors from Kerala on Monday. Even if a person is vaccinated and has a negative RT-PCR test, testing on the seventh day is now required. Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai presided over a coronavirus review meeting that reached the decision.
Other than Kodagu, Hassan, Dakshina Kannada, and Udupi districts, night curfews have been relaxed. Weddings and other celebrations are permitted if the halls are 50% full, with a maximum of 400 attendees.
In the districts of Chikkamagaluru, Hassan, Mysuru, Shivamogga, Kolar, and Kalaburgi, officers were asked to explore reducing certain restrictions.
Due to the high caseload in Kerala, it was decided that the districts closest to the state’s borders, Dakshina Kannada and Kodagu, would not receive any relief. The restrictions on people’s movement enforced at the Kerala border will remain in place because the Covid-19 scenario in Kerala has not changed, Dakshina Kannada district Deputy Commissioner K V Rajendra said earlier in the day.
Kerala recorded 29,836 new Covid-19 cases on Sunday, a slight decrease from the nearly 30,000 instances the state had been reporting for four days. In the state, the test positivity rate is at an all-time high of 19 percent.
Meanwhile, R Ashoka, Minister of Revenue and Vice President of the Karnataka State Disaster Management Authority, indicated that a decision on the Ganesh Chathurthi restrictions will be made after another scheduled meeting on September 5.
“As of September 5th, nothing has been halted. He remarked, “We’ll declare how the Ganesh celebration would be observed with limits.”
