Amid the rise of COVID-19 cases and the fear of a new ‘Omicron’ variant in Karnataka, the state government on Saturday decided to implement a slew of stringent precautionary measures, informed an official statement issued by the Chief Minister Office. A high-level meeting chaired by Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai today decided to intensify the screening of international passengers at the airports and make the RTPCR test reports compulsory for those arriving from Kerala and Maharashtra. According to the statement, students in hostels who have got negative RTPCR test reports would have to get the RTPCR test done again on the 7th day after the first report. There will be a temporary ban on cultural programmes in schools and colleges," it added. Karnataka reported 402 new COVID-19 cases and six deaths on Saturday.

Source: dna November 28, 2021 14:21 UTC