For those of Maharashtra, he specified seven days of institutional (representational) quarantine
Bengaluru:
Interstate travel restrictions were lifted starting Monday, but people from Maharashtra in Karnataka would be subject to several conditions, including a seven-day institutional quarantine, given the high prevalence of COVID cases -19 in the western state.
In accordance with the standard operating procedure (SOP) issued by the Ministry of Health, all interstate travelers entering Karnataka would be subject to a compulsory medical examination and placed in quarantine at home for 14 days.
However, for those in Maharashtra, he specified seven days of institutional quarantine followed by seven days of home quarantine even if they were asymptomatic, he added.
Tests will be done for people with symptoms.
“These measures were necessary because the maximum number of cases is that which has returned from Maharashtra,” said a health official, adding that migrant workers with a history of travel to the neighboring state have contributed to the recent increase the number of cases in Karnataka.
According to the latest COVID-19 bulletin published by the Karnataka health department, no less than 187 new cases were reported on Monday, of which 117 were interstate passengers, the majority of whom were from Maharashtra.
Maharashtra reported 2,361 new cases of COVID-19 and 76 additional deaths on Monday, bringing the total number of cases in the state to 70,013 and the number of deaths to 2,362.
However, the POS will not apply to the special category of asymptomatic people such as those who visit the State in the event of death in the family, pregnant women, children under 10 years of age, people over 60 years of age. and serious illness and human distress.
Business travelers from Maharashtra must present a confirmed return flight or train ticket, which should not be later than seven days from the date of arrival.
In case visitors come by road, they will have to provide proof of address of the person in Karnataka they intend to meet, said the SOP.
They must also produce a COVID-19 negative test certificate dated less than two days and, failing this, they will be kept in institutional quarantine for two days.
Quarantined people will have to put up a poster on the door of the house. The violation of home quarantine standards will attract a police case, it was said.
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