The State government has given powers to the Health and Family Welfare Department to assess the COVID-19 situation in other States and decide on inter-State movement of people. The State had been contemplating restricting movement of people from five States — Rajasthan, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, and Tamil Nadu — where the prevalence of COVID-19 is high. The State Cabinet, it is learnt, had also discussed restricting movement of persons from these States to Karnataka. Vijaybhaskar, stated that the Department of Health and Family Welfare would issue a separate order in this respect. The MHA guidelines had equipped States to regulate movement of persons for public health reasons, and such regulations should be done with adequate publicity.

Source: The Hindu May 31, 2020 17:28 UTC