Negative RT-PCR Report Required For Entering Karnataka

Negative RT-PCR report required for entering Karnataka from Kerala, people who have taken vaccine are exempted.

The Karnataka Govt on Thursday issued an order that all people coming from Kerala will not be allowed to enter without a negative RT-PCR report of Corona. This report should not be older than 72 hours.

It was also said in the order that those who have taken both the doses of the corona vaccine and have a certificate for it, will not need to give a negative RT-PCR report.

According to the news agency, now the state government has informed that even people who have taken a single dose of the vaccine will not need to give a negative RT-PCR report.

The Deputy Commissioners of districts like Dakshina Kannada, Kodagu, Mysore, and Chamarajanagar bordering Kerala have been asked to make arrangements for the deployment of essential staff.

Essential staff will be deployed at the check posts, to ensure that all vehicles entering Karnataka are checked. 

It is mandatory for students and the public going to Karnataka for education, business, and other reasons to undergo an RT-PCR test once in 15 days.

Constitutional functionaries and health professionals, children below 2 years of age, and serious emergency situations (death in the family, medical treatment, etc.) were exempted.

But their swabs would be collected on arrival with the necessary details.

Madras High Court refuses to ban online games.

The Madras High Court on Thursday refused to direct the authorities concerned to ban all online and online video games that are allegedly tampering with school children.

The bench said there is no doubt that children and youth these days have become accustomed to their phones and laptops.

Their world seems to revolve around these devices. But the courts cannot pass any such restraining order at present.

A bench of Chief Justice Sanjeev Banerjee and Justice Senthil Kumar Ramamurthy, while disposing of a PIL by advocate E Martin Jayakumar.

The bench said that it is a matter of policy, which will have to be considered by the governments either in the state or at the Centre.

The bench said that constitutional courts should be slow to enter such areas and deal with such matters on the grounds of the personal morality of the individual complainant or the judge concerned.