Karnataka relaxes travel restrictions for people travelling from Goa & Kerala

Following a steep decline in daily COVID-19 cases in the state, the Karnataka Health Department on Thursday discontinued the requirement to carry a negative RT-PCR report for all passengers travelling from Kerala and Goa through any mode of transportation. The Karnataka Government also called back several existing curbs on cinema halls, multiplexes, theatres and auditoriums that are now permitted to function at 100% seating capacity. Few other public activity centres including gyms, yoga centres and swimming pools are permitted to operate at 50% capacity.

A full vaccination certificate made mandatory

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As per the circular issued by the state health dept., “In view of the current Covid-19 situation, the mandate of possessing RT-PCR negative test report shall be discontinued for those arriving from Goa and Kerala (airways, railways, road transport and personal vehicles)."

However, the order stated the need to present the full vaccination certificate upon arrival, failing which would result in strict action thereof. Notably, a similar order was issued by the state's COVID-19 task force last week for travellers coming from Maharashtra.

The move came after, Goa announced the 100% full vaccination of its adult population, allowing the Karnataka Health Department to curb travel restrictions for people coming from Goa. This will also cater to better the logistic related challenges faced due to pandemic induced restrictions.

Karnataka's positivity rate dips down to 1.74%

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As per the state health department bullitin, Karnataka logged 1,579 fresh cases on Thursday taking the cumulative tally of COVID-19 cases to 39,33,115. A total of 23 people succumbed to the virus, taking the death toll to 39,738. The number of recoveries has surpassed the number of active cases in the state at 5,079, mounting the total number of recoveries to 38,73,580.

The active cases count across the state is now at 19,761. While the positivity rate has dipped down to 1.74%. Meanwhile, the cumulative tally for active COVID-19 cases in India stood at 2,83,360 with 21,001 fresh cases being registered on Thursday.