Bengaluru: The number of Delta AY.4.2 variant of coronavirus, which is spreading rapidly in some foreign countries, has increased to seven in Karnataka with three more people found to be infected with it in the city.
Speaking to reporters in Bengaluru, State Health and Family Welfare Commissioner D. Randeep said, “There are seven cases [of AY.4.2] in the State three in Bengaluru and four in different parts of the State.” Maintaining that the COVID-19 cases are under control in the State, Mr. Randeep said the government is making a negative RT-PCR test report, obtained 72 hours before arrival, mandatory for those coming from abroad to the state.
“The test report has to be uploaded on a portal called Air Suvidha. Other than that, there is no restrictions like quarantining people,” Mr. Randeep clarified. He further said the Centre and the State will initiate certain measures to check the super-spreader variant of COVID-19, which has spread in some foreign countries.
Amid the detection of the new COVID-19 variant AY.4, there are reports that the Karnataka government is mulling imposing fresh lockdown guidelines. The State Minister for Health and Family Welfare and Medical Education, Sudhakar K meet the Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) on October 26 and consult Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on the same.
This comes amid the rising cases of the new COVID-19 variant in parts of India, many people are concerned about the rise of the third wave of the pandemic, and the severity of the new variant.
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