Barring 10th and 12th classes, schools will be shut for the rest of the classes in Bengaluru. These COVID rules will come into effect from Wednesday night, Karnataka Revenue Minister R Ashoka announced.
The Karnataka government has announced that schools, pre-university colleges in Bengaluru will be shut for two weeks amid the COVID-19 surge. However, the offline classes for 10th and 12th students will be held as per the schedule. The state government has also imposed a weekend curfew and extended the night curfew for two weeks in the capital city Bengaluru.
"We have decided that barring 10th and 12th classes, schools will be shut for the rest of the classes in Bengaluru. These COVID rules will come into effect from Wednesday night," Karnataka Revenue Minister R Ashoka told reporters. He further added that there will be a weekend curfew for two weeks from 10 pm on Friday to 5 am on Monday. All essential services will continue, he added.
The decision was taken during a high-level meeting chaired by Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai, which was attended by senior ministers including health minister Dr. K Sudhakar, Ashoka and Higher Education Minister Dr. C N Ashwath Narayan, medical experts and senior officials.
The meeting was held in view of the sudden spike in COVID-19 cases in the state. Karnataka logged 2,479 cases on Tuesday and four fatalities. Since January 1, the city has been logging over 1,000 cases daily.
The government has announced the extension of the night curfew which was supposed to end on January 7, for two weeks. The Minister also said that there should not be a congregation of more than 200 people in marriages at open places and 100 in marriage halls. There should also be 50 per cent occupancy in pubs, bars, cinema halls and malls and those working and visiting these places should have taken both shots of COVID vaccine.
It must also be noted that the government has made it mandatory for people entering from another state i.e. Maharashtra, Kerala and Goa, to present the negative RT-PCR test report. Government offices will have to follow the Government of India guidelines, the Minister said.
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