On Wednesday, the Bengaluru Police extended night curfew and invoked section 144(1) of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) in the city of Bengaluru until 16th August in order to reduce the spread of Covid-19. The invoking of a night curfew was brought upon due to a reported daily increase in daily cases. As per the new order, it is stated that the night curfew will remain in effect from 10pm at night till 6am the next morning.
Along with the invoking of a night curfew, Section 144(1) was also implemented. Section 144(1) of CrPC prohibits assembly of four or more people in public places and restricts activities other than allowing shops and malls to remain open.
The state government has also cautioned the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) to remain in a state of constant vigilance, especially in the border regions as Covid-19 cases have been rising in the neighbouring states of Kerala and Maharashtra.
The Chief Commissioner of BBMP, Gaurav Gupta, quoted - "Those entering the city will have to bring a negative RT-PCR test; if not, the government will test them and they will be under institutional quarantine. The negative RT-PCR result must not be older than 72 hours."
Due to the surge of Covid cases in Kerala, the Dakshina Kannada district administration decided to stop all bus services to Kasaragod district of Kerala from August 1 for a week.
Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai announced that his government had extended the Covid guidelines till 16 August. He said the guidelines imposed till 2 August would be extended for the next 15 days.
Karnataka reported 1,769 new infections and 30 deaths. Test positivity rate at 1.04% as 1,714 people recover.
The Karnataka government earlier announced further relaxation by allowing theatres and higher education institutes to reopen with 50% capacity.
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