<p>The restrictions at Karnataka-Kerala border check posts will be in force till the Covid positivity rate comes down, Additional Director General of Police (Law and Order) Pratap Reddy said on Tuesday.</p>.<p>He was interacting with media persons after reviewing the measures taken to restrict the entry of people from neighbouring Kasaragod district at Talapady check post.</p>.<p>Reddy said that passengers at railway stations without RT-PCR negative reports had been shifted to a temporary quarantine centre at Townhall. After the swab tests, those testing positive will be shifted to Covid Care Centres (CCC) and those testing negative can return home. </p>.<p>“We have requested the authorities to bring down the time taken for giving test reports,” Reddy added. The ADGP, replying to appeals from a delegation of SDPI (Manjeshwar), clarified that patients suffering from cancer, or those in need of dialysis, or students appearing examinations had been exempted from submitting RT-PCR negative reports.</p>.<p>“Kasaragod district administration can co-ordinate with district war room for any help and support,” he added.</p>.<p><strong>Also read: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/science-and-environment/delta-infections-among-vaccinated-likely-contagious-lambda-variant-shows-vaccine-resistance-in-lab-1015660.html" target="_blank">Delta infections among vaccinated likely contagious; Lambda variant shows vaccine resistance in lab</a></strong></p>.<p>Dakshina Kannada Deputy Commissioner Dr Rajendra K V, who accompanied the ADGP, said students not appearing any examinations should submit RT-PCR reports.</p>.<p>Reddy said the Covid testing centre at Talapady will not be opened but the Kerala government can set up a testing centre along the border to help its people.</p>.<p>Mangaluru Commissioner of Police Shashi Kumar said restrictions were in place to prevent a surge of Covid cases in and around Mangaluru.</p>.<p>“During the first wave, the Covid-19 positivity cases had escalated in Mangaluru three weeks after Kerala had witnessed a peak in covid cases,” Kumar said.</p>.<p>Reddy then visited the border check post in Salethoor. DK Superintendent of Police Rishikesh Sonawane was also present.</p>.<p>A group of people from Varkady and residents of Kasaragod district staged a protest by blocking the movement of vehicles on National Highway 66, plying towards Kasaragod, opposing the restrictions. </p>.<p><strong>Bars, toddy shops in border areas closed</strong></p>.<p>Following reports that tipplers from neighbouring Kasaragod district in Kerala were dependent on bars and toddy shops in Dakshina Kannada (DK) district, Deputy Commissioner Dr Rajendra K V on Tuesday ordered closure of 24 bars and five toddy shops in nine villages on Karnataka-Kerala border till August 15.</p>
<p>The restrictions at Karnataka-Kerala border check posts will be in force till the Covid positivity rate comes down, Additional Director General of Police (Law and Order) Pratap Reddy said on Tuesday.</p>.<p>He was interacting with media persons after reviewing the measures taken to restrict the entry of people from neighbouring Kasaragod district at Talapady check post.</p>.<p>Reddy said that passengers at railway stations without RT-PCR negative reports had been shifted to a temporary quarantine centre at Townhall. After the swab tests, those testing positive will be shifted to Covid Care Centres (CCC) and those testing negative can return home. </p>.<p>“We have requested the authorities to bring down the time taken for giving test reports,” Reddy added. The ADGP, replying to appeals from a delegation of SDPI (Manjeshwar), clarified that patients suffering from cancer, or those in need of dialysis, or students appearing examinations had been exempted from submitting RT-PCR negative reports.</p>.<p>“Kasaragod district administration can co-ordinate with district war room for any help and support,” he added.</p>.<p><strong>Also read: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/science-and-environment/delta-infections-among-vaccinated-likely-contagious-lambda-variant-shows-vaccine-resistance-in-lab-1015660.html" target="_blank">Delta infections among vaccinated likely contagious; Lambda variant shows vaccine resistance in lab</a></strong></p>.<p>Dakshina Kannada Deputy Commissioner Dr Rajendra K V, who accompanied the ADGP, said students not appearing any examinations should submit RT-PCR reports.</p>.<p>Reddy said the Covid testing centre at Talapady will not be opened but the Kerala government can set up a testing centre along the border to help its people.</p>.<p>Mangaluru Commissioner of Police Shashi Kumar said restrictions were in place to prevent a surge of Covid cases in and around Mangaluru.</p>.<p>“During the first wave, the Covid-19 positivity cases had escalated in Mangaluru three weeks after Kerala had witnessed a peak in covid cases,” Kumar said.</p>.<p>Reddy then visited the border check post in Salethoor. DK Superintendent of Police Rishikesh Sonawane was also present.</p>.<p>A group of people from Varkady and residents of Kasaragod district staged a protest by blocking the movement of vehicles on National Highway 66, plying towards Kasaragod, opposing the restrictions. </p>.<p><strong>Bars, toddy shops in border areas closed</strong></p>.<p>Following reports that tipplers from neighbouring Kasaragod district in Kerala were dependent on bars and toddy shops in Dakshina Kannada (DK) district, Deputy Commissioner Dr Rajendra K V on Tuesday ordered closure of 24 bars and five toddy shops in nine villages on Karnataka-Kerala border till August 15.</p>
