Karnataka lockdown: State revised Covid guidelines, negative RTPCR result mandatory form this 2 states

Bengaluru: Karnataka today revised its Covid guidelines to make a negative RTPCR result not older than 72 hours mandatory for those entering the state from neighbouring Kerala and Maharashtra. This is irrespective of the visitors’ vaccination status, according to a circular issued by the government.

The latest insistence on RT-PCR tests is for all those travelling into the state by flights, trains, buses, and personal transport, the government circular said. The move came two days after Karnataka recorded a steep spike in new Covid cases on Thursday at 2,052, which was 34 per cent more than Wednesday’s 1,531.

“Airlines shall issue boarding passes only to passengers carrying RT-PCR negative certificates not older than 72 hours,” it said, issuing a similar diktat to railway authorities and conductors of buses. The government has ordered the establishment of check posts in Dakshina Kannada, Kodagu, and Mysuru districts, which border Kerala, and Belagavi, Vijayapura, Kalburgi, and Bidar districts that are adjacent to Maharashtra.