Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa on Monday said he would ask Prime Minister Narendra Modi for “more relaxation” and ruled out the possibility of the state government imposing further curbs as part of the COVID-19 containment.
Under Unlock 1.0, several services and sectors such as metro, theatres, gyms, swimming polls, bars and others remained restricted.
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Modi is scheduled to hold talks with chief ministers starting Tuesday. He is slated to talk to Yediyurappa on Wednesday.
“Let me tell you this…it is those coming from Maharashtra, Gujarat, Delhi and other states who are carrying the virus. We haven’t seen any trouble from locals moving about. The problem is with those coming from outside. We need to stop them and place them under quarantine,” Yediyurappa said.
“Karnataka has managed to control it better nationally. There’s no need for citizens to panic. We will do everything to make this right,” Yediyurappa said.
New quarantine policy
Karnataka decided Monday that asymptomatic travellers from Delhi and Chennai will have to spend three days in institutional quarantine followed by 11 days under home quarantine.
Till now, travellers from other states, except Maharashtra, had a 14-day home quarantine.
The 7-day institutional quarantine and 7-day home quarantine regime will continue for those coming from Maharashtra.
