Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa on Wednesday announced a night curfew in the state starting December 23 to January 2. The night curfew will remain between 10 pm and 6 am and will end at 6 am on January 2. He said the decision to impose night curfew has been taken in the view of the new Covid-19 strain recently found in UK after consulting with Health Minister K. Sudhakar, members of the state Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) for Covid-19 and other senior officials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Guidelines for the night curfew will be released this evening.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Addressing media, state’s Health Minister Doctor K. Sudhakar said the night curfew has been imposed to prevent the spread of the new strain spreading in the United Kingdom. He also said between December 23 and January 2, no function or festive celebration is allowed to take place after 10 pm. Initially, the government had said that bars and pubs would be allowed to celebrate New Year but with 50% attendance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ahead of the Christmas and New Year celebrations, the state government has declared night curfew in the state as a precautionary step amid growing concerns over a new coronavirus variant spreading in Britain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n All international passengers coming to the state will have to carry a negative Covid-19 test report. Yediyurappa said those who are coming to the state from foreign countries must have Covid-19 certificate and the test should have been done only 72 hours before. All arrangements have been done at the airport to conduct tests and the health staffs have been deployed there. Yediyurappa ordered the health and police officials to make sure that no one has entered the city without getting tested.<\/p>\n\n\n\n