Karnataka issued special guidelines to school and college hostels

After covid cases surge in schools Karnataka Government issued special guidelines to school and college hostels. State government has decided not to make any change to the COVID-19 guidelines.

After Technical Advisory Committee Chairman M.K. Sudarshan informed that there is no need to press the panic button as the number of cases in the Karnataka is not alarming. With students’ hostels emerging as new hotspots for corona virus cases, the Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai said special guidelines were formulated.

Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai said Hostel authorities have been told to stagger students for meals, reduce number of visitors, sanitisation of premises twice a day and mandatory two doses of vaccination for employees working in kitchens, and establishment of isolation rooms.

College students coming from Kerala and residing in college hostels have to to mandatorily undergo a COVID-19 test. Intensive surveillance and testing at the inter-State borders with Kerala and Maharashtra would continue, Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai said.

The pandemic situation in Karnataka was discussed in detail at a cabinet meeting on December 9 presided by Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai in the wake of a number of cases of Omicron, a new variant of COVID-19.

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Mr. Bommai said a decision on restrictions for Christmas, New Year’s celebrations and night curfew would be taken after monitoring the situation over the next one week. The TAC Chairman suggested that there is no necessity of taking any decision in a hurry, the Chief Minister said.

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Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai told media that Mr. Sudarshan explained to the government details about Omicron and said there is no need to panic as the current figures for COVID-19 in Karnataka are low. However, he advised precautionary measures to contain the spread of the infections.