Karnataka Covid-19 wrap: Dakshina Kannada quickly lifts curbs on Kerala border; state reviews 334 new instances, 6 deaths

Following protests in neighbouring Kerala’s Kasaragod district after Karnataka made damaging RT-PCR check reviews obligatory for travellers from Kerala, the Dakshina Kannada district administration introduced the short-term suspension of the order.
Dakshina Kannada Deputy Commissioner Dr KV Rajendra stated, “The order has been temporarily taken back for three days. After this, people have to produce the negative certificate at the border before entering Karnataka. Students and employees will be allowed to come to Karnataka without restrictions.”
Dakshina Kannada district well being chief S.Okay. Ramachandra Bairy stated, “At the Talapady gate, there were many people during the testing process. Hence, we have decided not to mandate a report for three days so that passengers will get time to get the RT-PCR certificates.”
Earlier, the Karnataka authorities had made it obligatory to provide RT-PCR-negative certificates issued inside 72 hours to cross the border check-posts from Kerala. This had led to protests on the border in Kerala.
Kerala CM writes to PM
Meanwhile, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan had written a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi looking for his intervention over journey restrictions imposed by Karnataka on passengers arriving from his state.
“Many people, including students, trucks with essential commodities and patients, are put to undue hardship due to the restriction at the state border,” Kerala CM Vijayan wrote within the letter on Tuesday.
He wrote that the choice was towards the rules issued by the Central authorities. “Kind note may be taken of the fact that imposing restrictions on inter-state movement of people by states is contrary to the instructions of the Government of India, which are at present holding the field,” Vijayan wrote in his letter.
After a spike in Covid-19 instances in Kerala and Maharashtra, Karnataka had imposed the journey restrictions on Monday.
No confusion says Karnataka well being minister
Reacting to the protest and the Kerala Chief Minister writing to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on restrictions on the Karnataka-Kerala border, Karnataka Health Minister Dr Okay Sudhakar stated in an announcement on Wednesday that there isn’t any confusion and there’s no restriction for anybody to enter the state.
“A negative RT-PCR report is compulsory for those coming from Kerala and Maharashtra. But there is no restriction for anyone to enter the state. There is no confusion in this. Restrictions have been imposed only for those two states since there are more number of cases,” Sudhakar stated.
BBMP deploys Marshals in Wedding halls
Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) marshals have been deployed at wedding ceremony halls in varied elements of the town after a spike in Covid-19 instances in Bengaluru.
The BBMP marshals have been deployed to examine whether or not individuals are following social distancing norms and sporting masks ranging from Wednesday.
On Monday, the Karnataka authorities had instructed the civic physique to deploy marshalls in marriage halls to make sure Covid-19 pointers are being adopted.
“Marshalls will be deployed in marriage halls to ensure Covid guidelines are followed. People attending large gatherings are not following the guidelines. In fact, people urged me to remove the face mask when I attended a function. Therefore, it is necessary to deploy a marshall to ensure the Covid guidelines are being followed. Not more than 500 people are allowed in a gathering and a face mask is compulsory for all. Catering service providers will also be instructed to get tested before they render service,” Health minister Sudhakar had stated after assembly the officers on Monday.
Karnataka reviews 334 new instances, 6 deaths
Karnataka on Wednesday reported 334 new Covid-19 instances and 6 fatalities, taking the full variety of infections to 9,49,183 and the demise toll as much as 12,309.
According to the well being division, 313 sufferers obtained discharged after restoration, and the full tally is 930,778. Out of the 6,077 lively instances, 5,955 sufferers are in isolation at designated hospitals and steady, whereas 122 are within the ICU.
A complete of over 1,84,94,364 samples have been examined to date, out of which 63,042 had been examined on Monday alone, and 5,343 amongst them had been fast antigen exams, stated a departmental bulletin.
Out of the six deaths reported on Wednesday, 4 are from Bengaluru Urban and one every from Mysuru and Tumakuru.