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Strict screening and surveillance on travellers from 8 countries witnessing spike in cases

164th TAC Summary:

1.Special surveillance of International passengers.

• The international arrivals from these countries-China,Hong Kong,South Korea, Vietnam,Japan,Thailand,Germany,Italy,Australia, UK shall be subjected to following measures of surveillance.

• At the Airport -Thermal screening and checking of 2 dose/full vaccination certificate.

• At the residence-Daily tele-monitoring for Covid-19 symptoms and testing.

• Genomic surveillance of those who test positive.

2. Advisory on face masking in public areas.

• It is recommended to wear face mask in public areas particularly in closed spaces,crowds and during close conversations.

3. Ongoing clinical surveillance at Victoria hospital.

• Clinical surveillance for new symptoms and emergence of new variant is in progress.

4. Surveillance in animals for Covid-19.

• It is recommended to initiate this in collaboration with Institute of Animal Health and Veterinary biological,Hebbal,Bengaluru.

5. Ongoing sewage surveillance.

• ICMR in collaboration with BBMP is conducting sewage surveillance for Covid-19 and this shall be correlated with Covid-19 testing results in the corresponding areas.

Please ensure that all your vaccination doses are completed at the earliest,urged Health Minister K Sudhakar after an meeting with the COVID-19 Technical Advisory Committee amid a rise in of cases of the XE variant of COVID-19 in some foreign countries.

Speaking to reporters after the meeting Minister Sudhakar stated that there was an increase XE variant COVID-19 cases in 8 different countries including China,Hong Kong,South Korea,UK and Germany.

Additionally,he also stated that there was an increase of XE cases in Delhi and Haryana.

After the meeting Sudhakar said that the TAC has suggested thermal screening,strict surveillance, mandatory quarantine for a period of 7-10 days for passengers arriving from these eight countries.

Govt will soon release guidelines regarding this. Additionally, he urged people to wear masks, stating that IIT Kanpur has predicted another COIVD-19 wave around June and July.

He stressed on the fact that many haven’t completed their second dose.

4.77 crore (98%) of people under the 60+ category have taken the second dose of COVID-19 vaccine and only 49% of people have taken their precautionary dose.

There already is a declined immunity in this age group.I urge everyone to please complete all doses,” Minister Sudhakar said.

“Some have blamed the government for the COVID-19 wave and shortage of vaccine in the past.

Now,there is an adequate supply and we have made several requests to people to take the vaccine.People should take the vaccine and cooperate with the government,he added.

He said that among the 15-17 age group, 25,11,407 people out of 30,00,000 had taken the vaccine amounting to 79% and only 65% had taken the second dose.

Among the 12-14 age group,only 13,96,000 children have received the vaccine out of 20,00,000 amounting to 69%.

He urged parents to have their children vaccinated.As there are no vaccines for young kids,Sudhakar said that 5000 children will be tested across the state as per the recommendation of the TAC.

Price cap must be followed

We have received complaints of some hospitals overcharging for vaccines.The government will not tolerate this.

A high-level meeting has been held and committee has been formed in this regard. The capped prices for CT scans,MRI etc.

Must be considered as the new prices for future and not just for COVID-19.All officers have been given instructions in this regard.

Labs should not charge higher cost than the cap fixed by the government.If this rule is violated, the government has the right to revoke the license of the lab or hospital,he said.

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The Cubbon park police on Monday carried a combing operation at the bishop cotton girl’s school premises following a complaint from the management about the threat mail received on April 8.

Senior officer with other squads rushed to the spot and said The management got to know about the mail on Monday and alerted the police.

The police along with bomb detection unit and canine squad rushed to the spot as per the procedure and carried out extensive search.

The police have also taken up a complaint and the cyber crime division police are trying to track down the sender.

The school was not functioning when they received the mail and did not check until Monday said a senior officer.

Commissioner of police Kamal Pant,after the monthly parade for the officers and staff said that the parade was not commenced from long time after 5 months we have conducted a parade and rewarded around 400 officers and staff for the good work done by them.

When asked about the bomb threat email case he said reporters the teams are investigating the case in all angles and are in touch with other agencies and they are clarifying it and are in full swing.

Release of CCB uniform (caps and jackets) by Commissioner of Police,Kamal Pant today said Joint CP Crime,Raman Gupta.

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The KG Halli police on Monday arrested a 38-year-old habitual offender and recovered stolen valuables worth Rs.9 lakh from him.

The accused has been identified as,Akram Nazeer.

Senior officer told reporters,the crime team of KG Halli police were on patrolling in the area in their jurisdiction limits in Venkateshpura area they noticed a person moving suspeciously near a pawn shop.

The team kept a close watch on him without giving any hint to him as they were in plain clothes the team followed his movements and when they got more suspicious on his movements.

The crime team approached him to question him why he is moving near pawn shop on suspect the
team frisked him and found a gold chain when questioned him whose it is as he dint produce any documents the team brought him to the station for questioning.

A Detailed questioning led him to confess that he had burgled the house in hi neighborhood and stolen gold valuables worth Rs 9 lakh.

Based on his confession the KG Halli police inspector,and his team recovered the stolen valuables and solved a house break case reported in their jurisdiction.

The accused has been taken into custody for further investigation.

Finally Bengaluru Police commissioner,Kamal Pant has appreciated Addl CP East,A subramanyeshwara Rao,DCP,East,Dr Bheemashankar S Guled,ACP,Jagadish KS,PI, Santhosh Kumar L,PSIs,as,Babu Reddy,Rajesh H,and Dundappa Neginal,and crime staff as,Iman Sab Karikati,Shakeel Ahmed,Shashikanth,Anil V,Megharaj and others has been appreciated for the commendable job and exemplary work done by them their alert and pro active on duty helped to nab notorious habitual offender a suitable reward will be given to whole team he added.

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Ours is a government formed according to the Constitution.We are working with the spirit of law, order and equality.

There is no problem in spreading one’s thoughts. But the government will not tolerate if one takes law into one’s hands or indulges in violence.This message has been sent very clearly, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai said.

Speaking to media persons at the Udupi helipad Bommai said,our government is functioning according to the laws.It is our duty to protect the law.

Replying to a question about Hindu Task Force being formed in Mangaluru against Love Jihad, Bommai said,there are laws to deal with everything.

Some of these laws were passed by the previous governments.We are not formulating any new rules.

Our work should speak

Reacting to opposition’s charge that the Chief Minister has turned dumb for the developments happening in the State, Bommai said,my actions are speaking.We should not speak. Our work should speak.

We know what decisions should be taken and what action to be taken at what time.I need not learn any lessons from them.

These are the people who dropped cases at the government level against those who were facing direct charges of murder.Where was their duty consciousness then?”Bommai asked.

Ours is a peaceful progressive State.We know how to protect this State.We will show it through our deeds,Bommai said.

Replying to a question about Siddaramaiah’s statement,Bommai said,many Hindu youth were killed during his tenure as the Chief Minister.

He withdrew the cases against the outfits which were accused of having a role in them.Had he lost his senses then?Bommai said.

When asked whether he would ban these outfits, Bommai just said,you will see it in the coming days.

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Sri Murugha Sharana Seer’s birthday would henceforth be celebrated as the ‘Equality Day’ by the State government,Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai said.

The Chief Minister was speaking at the Birthday celebrations of Sri Shivamurthy Murugha Sharana of Chitradurga Mutt which is being celebrated as ‘Equality Day.’

It is ideal to celebrate the Day as ‘Equality Day’ as Dr. Shivamurthy Murugha Sharana pontiff has been striving to spread the ideals of Basavanna.

The seer has been the voice of the voiceless and serving the cause of the weaker sections, Bommai said.

This country has a history of 5000 years. A society with conscience and character will take the country to the pinnacle of glory.

There are many preachers in the country, but what is needed is putting them into practice, Bommai said.

Niranjananandapuri Swamiji of Kanaka Guru Peetha, Murugha Sharana of Chitradurga Mutt, Siddalinga Swami of Siddaganga Mutt and other dignitaries were present.