Weekend curfew in Karnataka begins tonight: All you should know
Bengaluru, Jan 07: The Karnataka government on Tuesday decided to impose weekend curfew and extend the night curfew for two weeks in Bengaluru in view of the alarming rise in number of COVID-19 cases. The weekend curfew would begin on Friday at 10 pm and end on Monday at 5 am.
All
shops
and
establishments
other
than
those
dealing
with
essential
services
would
remain
shut.
The
government
also
decided
to
shut
schools
and
pre-university
colleges
except
for
10th
and
12th
standard
students
for
two
weeks.
"We
have
decided
that
barring
10th
and
12th
classes,
schools
will
be
shut
for
rest
of
the
classes
in
Bengaluru.
These
COVID
rules
will
come
into
effect
from
Wednesday
night,"
Karnataka
Revenue
Minister
R
Ashoka
told
reporters,
news
agency
PTI
reported.
Ashoka said there will be weekend curfew for two weeks from 10 PM on Friday to 5 AM on Monday. All essential services will continue, he added. Further, the government announced extension of night curfew, which ends on January 7, for two weeks. The Minister also said that there should not be a congregation of more than 200 people in marriages at open places and 100 in marriage halls.
There should also be 50 per cent occupancy in pubs, bars, cinema halls and malls and those working and visiting these places should have taken both the jabs of COVID vaccine. Also, the government decided to make a negative RT-PCR test report mandatory for those coming to state from Maharashtra, Kerala and Goa, the minister said. Government offices will have to follow the Government of India guidelines, he explained.
The decision was taken in a high level meeting chaired by Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai, which was attended by senior ministers including health minister Dr K Sudhakar, Ashoka and Higher Education Minister Dr C N Ashwath Narayan, medical experts and senior officials. The meeting was held in view of tge sudden jump in COVID cases in the state. Karnataka logged 2,479 cases on Tuesday and four fatalities. Since January 1, the city has been logging over 1,000 cases daily.