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Karnataka imposes night curfew till Jan 2. International travellers to carry COVID negative certificate

The Karnataka government imposed a night curfew in the state till January 2, Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa said on Wednesday. The curfew will be in place from 10 pm to 6am.

“This (night curfew) has been done to prevent and contain the coronavirus strain found in the UK. We are also monitoring international passengers arriving in the state,” Karnataka Health Minister Dr K Sudhakar told news agency ANI.

It will be applicable for the entire state. I request all public to cooperate to prevent and contain the new Covid- 19 strain. A guideline will be issued soon in this regard,” CM said.

Moreover, all international passengers coming to the state will have to carry a negative Covid-19 test report.

Yediyurappa said those travelling to the state from foreign countries must have Covid-19 certificate and the test should have been done only 72 hours before.” All arrangements have been done at the airport to conduct tests and health staff have been deployed there and we have seen that no one enters the city without getting tested,” he said.

Karnataka on Tuesday logged 1,141 new cases of COVID-19 and 14 related fatalities, taking the total number of infections to 9,11,382 and the death toll to 12,029.

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