Recently, Maharashtra government has announced night curfew in the state due to increasing fear of new strain of coronavirus. Now, Karnataka chief minister BS Yediyurappa on Wednesday said night curfew will be imposed from December 23 night till January 2 across the state as a precautionary measure in line with the Centre’s advice amid concerns over a new Covid-19 variant spreading in the UK. The CM made the announcement following a meeting with health minister K Sudhakar, members of the state Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) for Covid-19 and senior officials.
“In view of the new strain of the Covid-19 virus and as per the advice of the Government of India and Technical Advisory Committee, it is decided to impose night curfew from today till January 2, 2021 between 10 pm and 6 am. It will be applicable for the entire state. I request public to cooperate to prevent and contain the new Covid-19 strain,” he said.
ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ ರಾಜ್ಯದಲ್ಲಿ ಇಂದಿನಿಂದ ಜಾರಿ ಮಾಡಲು ಉದ್ದೇಶಿಸಿದ್ದ ರಾತ್ರಿ ಕರ್ಫ್ಯೂ ಬದಲಾಗಿ ನಾಳೆ, ಅಂದರೆ ದಿನಾಂಕ 24.12.2020 ರಿಂದ ಜನವರಿ 01, 2021 ರವರೆಗೆ, ರಾತ್ರಿ 11:00 ಗಂಟೆಯಿಂದ ಬೆಳಗ್ಗೆ 5:00 ಗಂಟೆಯವರೆಗೆ (ದಿನಾಂಕ 02.01.2021ರ ಬೆಳಗ್ಗೆ 5:00 ಗಂಟೆ) ಜಾರಿಯಲ್ಲಿರುತ್ತದೆ. (1/2)
— CM of Karnataka (@CMofKarnataka) December 23, 2020
The CM, however, later tweeted to revise the curfew timings to 11pm-5am and said it would begin from Thursday and not Wednesday night.
ರಾತ್ರಿ ಕರ್ಫ್ಯೂ ಸಂದರ್ಭದಲ್ಲಿ, ದಿನಾಂಕ 24.12.2020 ರ ರಾತ್ರಿ ಕ್ರಿಸ್ ಮಸ್ ಹಬ್ಬದ ಪ್ರಯುಕ್ತ ನಡೆಯಲಿರುವ ವಿಶೇಷ ಧಾರ್ಮಿಕ ಕಾರ್ಯಕ್ರಮಗಳನ್ನು (ಮಿಡ್ ನೈಟ್ ಮಾಸ್) ಯಾವುದೇ ಅಡಚಣೆಯಿಲ್ಲದೆ ಮಾಡಬಹುದು. (2/2)
— CM of Karnataka (@CMofKarnataka) December 23, 2020
Neighbouring Maharashtra on Monday had declared a night curfew in municipal corporation areas as a precautionary step amid growing concerns over a new coronavirus variant spreading in Britain. Yediyurappa said all those travelling to the state and arriving at Bengaluru or Mangaluru airports from foreign countries must have an RT-PCR Covid-19 negative certificate which should have been obtained 72 hours before their departure time. All arrangements have been made at the airport to conduct tests and health staff have been deployed there to ensure no one enters the city without getting tested, he said.
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