Karnataka to Issue Separate Covid Guidelines for Hostels

Omicron fear!

On Thursday, the Karnataka chief minister Basavaraj Bommai said that separate guidelines would be issued for student hostels and Covid clusters as a part of Covid management.

According to the statement given by the Chief Minister, while addressing the media after the cabinet meeting," Considering the present positivity rate, there's no need to panic. But still, caution would continue as the committee has advised.

Separate guidelines would be issued for hostels which would include sanitization, serving food in a staggered batch, maintaining social distancing, compulsory double vaccination for cooking personnel, and setting up isolation rooms. Special standard operating procedures would be released for managing Covid clusters in Bangalore and other places " further said, "the precautions and guidelines at border areas of the state would continue. Action has been taken to ensure double dose vaccination and RT -PCR test for students from Kerala." 

This information comes to focus due to the upcoming festivals of Christmas and New Year. The tourist gathering will speed up in the state. Also, a night curfew has been imposed and appropriate decisions will be taken next week after taking stock in the situation.

With the arrival of the winter session and winter break, the public rush increases, the markets, and public gatherings places get crowded. With the fear of getting infected with the deadly virus, several initiatives are being implemented to curb the population also; fresh guidelines are being imposed in the respective state.