Bengaluru, May 6: More than a month after international flights have been barred, Karnataka government is preparing to quarantine all 10,823 of the state''s people poised to return home from overseas amid the Covid pandemic, an official said on Tuesday.
"The state has planned to quarantine all 10,823 passengers coming back to Karnataka. The quarantine guidelines framed as below would be applicable," said Health Commissioner Pankaj Kumar Pandey in a statement.
According to the Government of India, 10,823 Karnataka residents have been stranded abroad by April 30, comprising 4,408 tourists, 3,074 students, 2,784 migrants and professionals and 557 ship crew.
Out of the 10,823 people, the state government is expecting 6,100 to return early as the government has decided to allow Indians stuck abroad to return.
"All the passengers arriving at points of entry (airports and seaports) will be compulsorily screened for symptoms of Covid-19," said Pandey.
Point of entry screening will include self-reporting form verification, thermal screening, pulse oximeter reading, briefing with instructions, categorisation, stamping for some and downloading of Aarogya Setu, Quarantine Watch and Apthamitra apps.
Arriving passengers are also required to declare existing comorbidities such hypertension, diabetes, asthma or any lung disease, organ transplantations, cancer, tuberculosis and other ailments.
Passengers will be categorised into three groups: Category A (symptomatic on arrival), Category B (asymptomatic with co-morbidity or aged above 60 years) and Category C (rest of asymptomatic passengers).
Depending on the category into which the people fall, their quarantine place and time will be determined.
Category A arrivals will be subjected to institutional quarantine for a fortnight, Category B one week quarantine at a hotel or hostel, followed by another week at home, and Category C home quarantine for a fortnight.
Karnataka government is making elaborate arrangements and logistical means, deploying healthcare, police and several other departments into action to handle the huge influx of Kannadigas and state residents.
Pandey has issued a 21-page elaborate standard operating procedure (SOP) guidelines on how to face the international returnees.
Aboobakkar Siddiq, a resident of Nadar-Madoor, was arrested on charge of abetting his wife Ramlath to commit suicide. He was produced before a court which remanded him judicial custody.
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At any cost Suicide is non-pardonable towards Almighty Allah, there are many doors open which will save her and support her by morally and financially. It is really very bad to take such a serious step and Islam condemn ending life by our selves.
dowry banned all over still this people want dowry send them to hell.
Maulanas talking too much about our religion...why cant they teach people it is haram taking dowry from bride's parents....they should be held responsible for it...they are not conveying rightful message of our prophet (peace and blessing of Allah be upon him) to the people....hypocrites...
she would have complained police before taking this wrong step.
this people are not human, all are monsters. killed innocent.
all family should get arrested. all of the family tortured her,
Rest in peace sister, one day we all have to die.
guilty must be punished. hang him till death, i cant believe that in this modern days also this kind of incident we have to hear. why should she bring dowry from her father, if he wanted money why he married a girl instead he would have married a money.
hang him to death, this kind of creature has no place here. sorry for ramlath.
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