Experts back plan to curb entry of unvaccinated to public places
The Hindu
One of the recommendations is to test at least 10% school students every month
In the light of the threat from the new variant of coronavirus, Omicron, the city-level expert committee has made a slew of recommendations. One of them is to restrict entry of unvaccinated persons in parks, theatres, malls and other public places, and testing at least 10% students in schools every month.
The committee members and senior officials of the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike, including Chief Commissioner Gaurav Gupta and Special Commissioner (Health) K.V. Thrilokchandra, met on Wednesday to discuss the precautionary measures to be put in place.
The election authorities are gearing up for the counting of votes cast in the simultaneous elections to Lok Sabha and Assembly seats in Andhra Pradesh, scheduled to be held on June 4. The Collectors and Election Officers of Visakhapatnam, Anakapalli and Alluri Sitharama Raju (ASR) districts said on May 23 (Thursday) that their teams were ready for the counting of votes.
Responding to the prolonged water scarcity, the residents of the area took to the streets in protest on Wednesday. The protest, which drew attention to their plight, stopped only after the intervention of the police. It was not until 1.30 p.m. that a 4000-litre tanker was finally delivered by BWSSB, providing relief to the water-starved residents.