Bengaluru: With the number of covid-19 infection 281 arrived at the Medical College of Dharwad and new clusters emerging in Bangalore amidst the dangers of new variants.omicron‘, Chief Minister of Karnataka Basavaraj Bommai On Saturday, he indicated taking some precautionary measures to control the spread of the virus.
Karnataka: 138 more test positive for Covid-19, Dharwad Medical College tally 204
The state government has already issued guidelines for those traveling from some foreign countries where the new version is prevalent, aimed at checking its spread.
“We have seen Covid spread in schools, colleges and hostels in Dharwad, Bengaluru and Bangalore Rural Area, and a rise in cases in neighboring Kerala. We have to take immediate precautionary steps to control this, so I have also called a meeting of health, disaster management officials, covid advisors and experts. We will also discuss about the new tension,” Bommai said.
Talking to reporters, he said, “Not only medical precautions, measures that need to be taken in public will be important, they should be taken immediately.”
Official sources said the number of positive cases in Dharwad’s SDM College of Medical Sciences and Hospital has risen to 281.
According to official sources, most of the infected are asymptomatic, while very few have mild symptoms, and all of them have been kept in isolation.
As a precautionary measure, the Dharwad district administration has declared a holiday for schools and colleges within 500 meters of the Medical College and Hospital; At the same time, OPD services have also been stopped for three days.
Meanwhile, 12 Kerala students from a nursing college at Anekal on the outskirts of Bengaluru tested positive for Covid, and 33 students and a staff member from a private unaided (boarding) school at Dommasandra near Sarjapura on Thursday. tested positive for the infection.
Officials said that all precautionary measures have been taken in both these institutions.
Noting that samples of students who tested positive at Dharwad’s SDM Medical College have been sent for genomic sequencing, Health Minister K Sudhakar said, “So far there have been 281 people tested positive (for Covid), some The samples have been sent for genomic sequencing and the report is expected by the first week of December, so that we can know about the variants.”
Noting that for the past one week, in four to five countries such as Botswana, South Africa, Hong Kong and Israel, cases of the new variant have been detected, he said, “For the past nine months the delta variant was spreading across the world and two Dose The vaccine we are administering had the power to stop its spread, but the information is that this new version B.1.1.
“There is some concern about it (the new version), but I want to tell people that there is no need to worry right now. We have already held a meeting in this regard and have given guidelines for airports to travel. People traveling to Bengaluru from these countries, despite having a Covid test report, have to undergo a test, and they will be allowed outside the airport only after testing negative,” he said.
“Even after testing negative they have to stay at home and after seven days they have to get tested once again, and after getting negative report, one can go out,” he said.
Karnataka: 138 more test positive for Covid-19, Dharwad Medical College tally 204
The state government has already issued guidelines for those traveling from some foreign countries where the new version is prevalent, aimed at checking its spread.
“We have seen Covid spread in schools, colleges and hostels in Dharwad, Bengaluru and Bangalore Rural Area, and a rise in cases in neighboring Kerala. We have to take immediate precautionary steps to control this, so I have also called a meeting of health, disaster management officials, covid advisors and experts. We will also discuss about the new tension,” Bommai said.
Talking to reporters, he said, “Not only medical precautions, measures that need to be taken in public will be important, they should be taken immediately.”
Official sources said the number of positive cases in Dharwad’s SDM College of Medical Sciences and Hospital has risen to 281.
According to official sources, most of the infected are asymptomatic, while very few have mild symptoms, and all of them have been kept in isolation.
As a precautionary measure, the Dharwad district administration has declared a holiday for schools and colleges within 500 meters of the Medical College and Hospital; At the same time, OPD services have also been stopped for three days.
Meanwhile, 12 Kerala students from a nursing college at Anekal on the outskirts of Bengaluru tested positive for Covid, and 33 students and a staff member from a private unaided (boarding) school at Dommasandra near Sarjapura on Thursday. tested positive for the infection.
Officials said that all precautionary measures have been taken in both these institutions.
Noting that samples of students who tested positive at Dharwad’s SDM Medical College have been sent for genomic sequencing, Health Minister K Sudhakar said, “So far there have been 281 people tested positive (for Covid), some The samples have been sent for genomic sequencing and the report is expected by the first week of December, so that we can know about the variants.”
Noting that for the past one week, in four to five countries such as Botswana, South Africa, Hong Kong and Israel, cases of the new variant have been detected, he said, “For the past nine months the delta variant was spreading across the world and two Dose The vaccine we are administering had the power to stop its spread, but the information is that this new version B.1.1.
“There is some concern about it (the new version), but I want to tell people that there is no need to worry right now. We have already held a meeting in this regard and have given guidelines for airports to travel. People traveling to Bengaluru from these countries, despite having a Covid test report, have to undergo a test, and they will be allowed outside the airport only after testing negative,” he said.
“Even after testing negative they have to stay at home and after seven days they have to get tested once again, and after getting negative report, one can go out,” he said.
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