He said that Dr Sudarshan has explained to the State Government about the new variant omicron and said there was no need to become panic as the current figures for Covid-19 was low in the State. The TAC Chairman Dr Sudarshan has suggested that there was no necessity of taking any decision in a hurry, the Chief Minister said.

With Christmas and New Year celebrations round the corner, the Chief Minister said the State Government would keep its vigil and adhere to the present norms.Д«ut a decision on adopting new restrictions, especially to restrict the celebrations and large public gatherings and whether to impose night curfew and other norms during the Christmas festivities and New Year celebrations would be taken after reviewing the prevailing situation after a week, he said. Bengaluru, Dec 9: Even as infection cases of the new Covid-19 variant, omicron, are slowly creeping up in the State and other parts of the country, the Basavaraj Bommai government has decided to wait and watch for a week before taking any decisions on announcing new Covid guidelines in KarnatakaД«riefing reporters after a State Cabinet meeting, which discussed the report of the Technical Advisory Committee headed by Dr M K Sudarshan, the Chief Minister said the State Government has decided to adopt the wait and watch policy in view of the Dr Sudarshan panelвЂ™s advice that there was no need to press the panic button as of now as the infection cases of Covid-19 pandemic were comparatively low in the State.Д«ommai said the State Government will review the situation after a week before taking any decision on implementing new guidelines to contain the situation.Дecision before Christmas, New Year celebrations

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