Karnataka Health Minister Dr K Sudhakar on Saturday confirmed that there is no need or proposal of imposing another lockdown or a night curfew in the state as of now as the COVID-19 situation in the state is in control. He also said that there is no case of South African and Brazilian strain of the COVID-19 in the state, and only UK strain has been found so far.
There is no proposal for lockdown, weekend lockdown or night curfew in Karnataka. We have not found any South African strain or Brazilian strain. All that we have found is the UK strain”.
Dr Sudhakar also said that the state government has also successfully prevented the further spread of the UK strain of the deadly COVID-19, which is said to be 70 per cent more infectious and transmissible after it was initially found in some passengers who travelled to the United Kingdom from Bengaluru.
“On an average, 4000-5000 cases being reported in Kerala & 5000-6000 in Maharashtra daily. We share borders with them. So, we issued circulars. Unless we see RT-PCR negative certificates from those coming from these states they won’t be permitted to enter Karnataka”, Dr Sudhakar said.