The Karnataka government has decided to impose a weekend curfew in all the districts bordering Kerala and Maharashtra. The weekend curfew (starting Friday 9 pm till Monday 5 am) will be imposed in eight border districts — Belagavi, Bidar, Kalaburgi, Vijayapura, Mysuru, Chamarajanagara, Kodagu and Dakshina Kannada.
Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai, who, on Friday, convened a meeting of the COVID-19 expert committee comprising Dr Devi Shetty, Dr C N Manjunath, Dr M K Sudarshan and Dr Ravi stated that the government has been closely watching the COVID-19 situation in the state and the neighbouring states too. "Besides the weekend curfew in border districts, we have decided to extend the statewide night curfew from 9 pm till 5 am," said Bommai.
The government has also planned to reopen the schools in a graded manner.
"We consulted the health and education experts. They have advised us on the possibility of reopening the schools in a graded manner. The schools will be reopened for classes 9 to 12 from August 23, to begin with. The schools will be required to conduct classes in batches on alternate days (three days a week for each batch) However, the decision on reopening the primary and secondary schools will be taken by the end of August, after assessing the COVID-19 situation in the state," said Bommai.
