Travelers from Kerala need a negative report to enter Karnataka

The government of Karnataka on Thursday declared that all people entering the state from Kerala need to bring along a negative RT-PCR report.

The government of Karnataka on Thursday declared that all people entering the state from Kerala need to bring along a negative RT-PCR report. Moreover, the ones who get vaccinated with both the covid doses of COVID-19 vaccine and possess the certificate for the same are exempted from producing the negative RT-PCR certificate. It also implies the corona report should not be older than 72 hours which is something compulsorily produced by all the passengers who will be traveling by flight, bus, train, taxi, and personal transport, etc, chief secretary P Ravi Kumar added. Only the passengers with RT-PCR negative certificates within 72 hours will be given preference whereas, Railway authorities and bus conductors shall be responsible for ensuring that all passengers traveling by trains and buses carry a similar certificate, a negative report.

Deputy Commissioners of districts bordering Kerala like Dakshina Kannada, Kodagu, Mysuru, and Chamarajanagar have been asked for staff checkpoints to ensure that all vehicles entering Karnataka are checked.The students and people who come to Karnataka for work, education bases, and other reasons are required to undergo RT-PCR tests once in 15 days and possess the negative report.The negative RT-PCR certificates include constitutional functionaries and health professionals and children below 2 years, and those in dire emergencies like death in the family, medical treatment, etc, but their swabs will be collected on arrival with necessary detailsAs the growing number of cases in Kerala, INSACOG (a consortium of laboratories for whole Genome sequencing in the context of COVID 19 pandemic) has told that Variant of Concern (VOC) of Delta Plus has been found up in Kerala. In the current time, the situation in Kerala has been growing due to which special surveillance measures to prevent the spread into the bordering districts of the State. The directions have already issued the special surveillance measures for the person who arrives in Kerala. This week the government has also addressed to people who are entering Karnataka from Maharashtra need to produce a negative RT-PCR report or show proof that they have received at least one dose of the Covid-19 vaccine.