With the state registering a spike in new cases, the health department has revised testing targets in districts where test positivity rates are high. In addition, the maximum number of people allowed to attend the gathering in closed places is limited to 200. A circular to this effect was issued on Friday.
The revised guidelines have been issued following the recommendations of the state’s COVID-19 Technical Advisory Committee (TAC), which took place on Thursday to discuss measures to curb the second wave of the state. Hindu The TAC reported on Thursday that the TAC has recommended amendments to the testing targets in those districts where there is prevalence.
Additional Chief Secretary (Health and Family Welfare) Javed Akhtar told Hindu Although these guidelines were already in place on Friday, these cases were relaxed in the last few months.
“However, now that the cases are moving upwards, we have re-issued the old guidelines with some amendments for stringent enforcement. The government will soon bring these guidelines under the Karnataka State Disaster Management Act.
As per Friday’s circular, the target of the daily test has been set at 40,000 in Bengaluru Urban, 5,000 in Mysuru, 3,500 in Tumkuru, 3,000 in Belagavi and 2,000 each in Dakshina Kannada, Vijayapura and Udupi and 1,000 in Kodagu. While RT-PCR testing should be extended to these districts, other districts should continue with the daily testing goals as before.
Stating that contact tracing should be given priority, especially in Dakshina Kannada, Bengaluru Urban, Bengaluru Rural, Kalburgi and Udupi, the circular stated that for every positive case, at least 20 secondary contacts in addition to all primary contacts Should be detected.
In addition, officials have been re-directed to ensure stringent enforcement of COVID-19 protocols and surveillance measures at the borders (Kerala and Maharashtra).
While directing officials to increase immunization and ensure that the vulnerable get a shot as soon as possible, the Health Department has limited the number of attendees to social, political and religious ceremonies to 500 and 200 in open spaces.
For birthday parties / other ceremonies, funerals / death ceremonies, the maximum number of attendees is limited to 100 in open places and 50 in closed places.
The circular states that people must follow the prescribed social norms of 3 feet and wear masks compulsorily.
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