Karnataka revised lockdown guidelines, permits offline exam for engineering college

Karnataka government revised semi lockdown guidelines in Bengaluru. The Karnataka government on Friday ordered changes to its January 4 Covid-19 restrictions order and permitted engineering colleges in Bengaluru Urban to hold offline classes.

In Revised guidelines the state government has also allowed the functioning of advocates offices or law firms to function with 50 per cent occupancy. In a revised order, dated January 6, issued by Chief Secretary P Ravikumar, the government allowed all institutions and colleges affiliated to the Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU) to hold offline classes by strictly adhering to Covid-appropriate behaviour and safety protocols.

Karnataka today reported 8,449 fresh cases of coronavirus in 24 hours on Friday, January 7. 68 per cent more cases than yesterday. State capital Bengaluru alone accounted for 6,812 of the cases. On Wednesday, the state’s cases doubled to 4,246 infections in 24 hours. The case positivity rate now stands at 4.15 per cent.

The Omicron variant which is driving up cases globally has been detected in 107 people in the state in 24 hours. 333 cases of the variant have been reported so far from Karnataka which had reported India’s first cases of the highly transmissible strain. Four related deaths have been recorded of which three are from Bengaluru. 2,03,260 Covid tests have been conducted in the state since yesterday.

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The State has been registering a steady surge in fresh infections over the last week when the daily caseload was 566. Weekend Curfew starting on Friday 10 pm till Monday 5 am in a bid to contain the COVID-19 spread in the state. The weekend curbs come amid the state witnessing an unprecedented spike in daily COVID-19 cases.