Bengaluru, Dec 31 The Karnataka government on Saturday issued revised guidelines against COVID infections among people coming from high-risk countries.The guidelines say that 7 days of home quarantine is mandatory for those coming from high-risk countries from the time of their arrival. The government has made negative COVID status a must for passengers coming from those nations. The government decided to enhance surveillance and containment effort within the State by tracking and quarantining the primary and secondary contacts of the COVID-positive persons. “The international travellers from high-risk countries - China, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, Singapore and Thailand - need to be home quarantined for 7 days from the date of their arrival. Once tested positive, the infected people are to be treated and managed as per the State COVID protocol,” said a circular from Health Department meant for the international passengers.
