In the wake of a rise in COVID-19 cases in the last few days, the Karnataka government has decided to impose a weekend curfew from 9 p.m. on August 6 to 5 a.m. on August 9 in districts bordering Kerala and Maharashtra.
The government has revised timings of the night curfew in Karnataka. Curfew would be in force from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. Until August 5, night curfew was imposed between 10 p.m. to 5 a.m.
Following a meeting on August 6 with experts in the health and education sectors, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai announced that, in the first phase, classes for IX, X, XI and XII students would commence on August 23.
Students would be divided into two batches. Each batch would be asked to attend classes on alternate days, which means students would have to attend classes for three days in a week.
Based on spread of COVID-19, the Chief Minister said a decision would be taken this month-end on commencement of classes from class I to VIII.
The government had made RT-PCR negative report and two…