Mangaluru / MySuru: After the uptick in the Covid-19 case in Karnataka, the district administration in Chamarajanagar, Mysore and Dakshina Kannada has increased the vigil along the Kerala border.
MySuru reported a 40% increase in the case on Thursday, after shifting the two digit numbers for the first time since the second wave hit 396 new cases on Thursday to see the level of pioneering 5.7% surge, after which floated around 4% Mark for the past week.
The authority said the surge in Kerala had a ripple effect in Karnataka.
Dakshina Kannada Deputy Commissioner KV Rajendra said the level of peposititivity of the test in Kerala was 13-14% and people from Kasaragod Regency in Kerala, which only took a vaccine dose, often traveled across the border.
The mangaluru / mysurute test level in the defense was 11.1% on Thursday with the district reported 929 positive cases.
Police Commissioner Kota Rajendra and Mangaloru N Shashi Kumar on Friday visited Talapady, the main entry point from Kasaragod District to Mangaluru, to take stock situation.
“Two doses of vaccines provide personal protection, but it will be ineffective for some people who are fully inoculated too,” said Rajendra.
“I have told the Chief Minister and Chief Secretary of the Situation in Dakshina Kannada.
We face significant challenges.
Border supervision will be tightened, and strict steps will be adopted to enforce masks and social distance norms followed in public places.
We have done On average 7,500 tests per day.
We will increase it to at least 10,000 per day.
We also plan to ban all public meetings.
“The district recently allowed the bus between states to ply between Kasaragod and Mangaluru.
Meanwhile, DC said the supervision team would also be deployed at the train station in Mangaluru to monitor people who arrived on the train from Kerala.
Screening at checkposts Mysuru and Chamarajanagar District administration have also increased supervision on the checkposts border.
The District Health Authority is very concerned about the development in Kerala and has tightened Vigil on both border checks at Moolehole and Kecanli.
The people who came from Kerala were filtered, said Chamarajanagar District Health Officer Dr Mc Ravi.
“People who come from Kerala must produce a negative report of Covid-19 which is no more than 72 hours on arrival,” he said.
“We also check whether they have taken vaccines.” He said driving vehicles carrying fruits and vegetables must undergo a covid test every 15 days.
However, an official from the Administration of Mysuru District said people from Kerala who had received two vaccine doses were released from producing a negative certificate.
Dr T Ravikumar, Health Officer, HD Kote Taluk, said his staff was filtering people who arrived from Kerala and collect details about tourists.
“We collected information such as addresses and telephone numbers at Chartpost Bavali in MySuru District,” he said.
Police officials, forests and health have jointly intensify screening operations on the Bavali border, said an official.
(With input from S Ramesh)