Karnataka issues special surveillance measures for people coming from Maharashtra

Bengaluru, June 29, 2021: Karnataka government has issued special surveillance measures for persons arriving from Maharashtra.

As per the new order

1. Negative RT-PCR certificate not older than 72 hours or vaccination certificate of at least one dose of COVID 19 vaccine shall be compulsorily produced by the passengers coming to Karnataka by flight, bus, train, taxi, personal transport, etc. This will also be applicable for all the flights originating from Maharashtra to Karnataka.
2. Airlines shall issue boarding passes only to the passengers carrying RT-PCR negative certificate not older than 72 hours or vaccination certificate of at-least one dose of COVID 19 vaccine.
3. Railway Authorities shall be responsible for ensuring that all passengers travelling by trains carry negative RT-PCR certificates not older than 72 hours or vaccination certificate of at least one dose of COVID 19 vaccine.
4. For all the passengers travelling by bus, the bus conductor shall ensure that they possess RT-PCR negative certificates not older than 72 hours or vaccination certificate of at least one dose of COVID 19 vaccine.
5. Deputy Commissioners of the Districts bordering Maharashtra State, i.e ., Belagavi, Bidar, Vijayapura & Kalaburagi shall make arrangements to deploy necessary staff at Checkposts to ensure that all the vehicles entering Karnataka are checked for the compliance of the above requirement.

For short term travelers and students the guidelines will be applicable as mentioned in Reference 1 and 3.

Permitted exemptions for negative RT-PCR certificate are as follows:

• Vaccination certificate of having received at least one dose of COVID 19 vaccine.
• Constitutional functionaries and health care professionals.
• Children below 2 years.
• In dire emergency situation (death in the family, medical treatment etc ., ) – the passenger’s swab shall be collected on arrival in Karnataka with necessary details like phone number, address etc ., duly verifying from his ID card. On receipt of the RT-PCR test report, further action will be taken as per the State protocol.