Corona cases rises, Karnataka government imposed fresh guidelines

Corona fourth wave fear starts in country, Amid rising cases of coronavirus, Karnataka government imposed fresh guidelines. The Karnataka government imposed fresh restrictions and issued new COVID testing guidelines for international arrivals from countries such as Japan and Thailand.

The state government also instructed officials to initiate surveillance measures for those arriving from these countries, including RT-PCR tests for symptomatic cases at the airport testing laboratory. Earlier, Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai had indicated that precautionary and surveillance measures may be reintroduced at airports and border districts of the state, depending on the Centre’s advisory.

He had said this amid apprehensions of a possible fourth wave of the pandemic. Earlier, Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai had indicated that precautionary and surveillance measures may be reintroduced at airports and border districts of the state, depending on the Centre’s advisory. He had said this amid apprehensions of a possible fourth wave of the pandemic.

Check here new Guidelines:

– As per the guidelines, the testing through RT-PCR should be done for the symptomatic persons at the airport testing laboratory and for those found positive, the samples shall be sent for genome sequencing.

– The state government said instructions have been given to conduct screening, surveillance and tele-monitoring for certain international arrivals as per the recommendations of the State COVID-19 Technical Advisory Committee (TAC).

– The state government also added that at Bengaluru International Airport and Mangaluru International Airport, the arrivals from those countries should undergo thermal screening.

– The treatment and management of COVID patients will be followed as per the state government protocol.

– At the district and Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) level, tele-monitoring of the international passengers (from Japan and Thailand) should be done at their respective districts for 14 days through call centre.

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– The state government said if anybody develops symptoms during the follow-up period, testing, treatment and management of the case should be taken up as per the protocol by the district teams.