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Bengaluru: Masks are back, sanitisers have returned to its place in bags as COVID spurt in China has got people on their toes again detection of BF.7 sub-variant, that is driving surge in China, and the new super variant XBB.1.5 In India, all states and union territories have put out list of guidelines and advisories to take precautions and avoid risks of any wave. In lieu of this, Karnataka government has now made home quarantine compulsory for all passengers travelling from China, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, Singapore, and Thailand. The central government had already announced that travelers from these nations must produce RT-PCR test reports before leaving the airport
According to state health department, “Asymptomatic passengers shall leave the airport and self-monitor their health for Covid symptoms and comply to Covid appropriate behavior (CAB) like wearing of face masks, social distancing, practice respiratory and hand hygiene, etc. and strictly remain under home quarantine for next seven days.”
Earlier, state Health Minister K Sudhakar had announced that about 12 international passengers tested positive for COVID in December at Bengaluru’s Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) and have been sent for genome sequencing to identify the coronavirus variant.
The Karnataka government has already made masks compulsory at schools, colleges, malls, restaurants, pubs, movie theaters and all other enclosed spaces in the state. All these guidelines came after a spurt in COVID cases in several parts of the world, especially in the neighbouring country China. Later few cases of BF.7- the variant driving surge in the country- were detected in India too.
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