BENGALURU: With Karnataka’s Covid-19 test positivity rate (TPR) sliding below 5% across all 31 districts, the government is planning to lift night curfew and reopen pubs from July 19 when Unlock 4.0 is expected to come into force.
After lifting the weekend curfew and reopening shopping malls as part of Unlock 3.0 that came into force on July 5, the government was waiting for the TPR to fall below 5% in all districts for permitting the fourth level of relaxation.
“The Covid situation across Karnataka has shown the desired effect during Unlock 3.0. We will monitor it for a few more days before making our recommendation to the government,” Dr MK Sudarshan, chairman of Covid-19 technical advisory committee (TAC).
Officials said chief minister BS Yediyurppa is in favour of more relaxations. The CM is expected to chair a meeting of the group of ministers on Friday or Saturday to discuss the recommendations before announcing Unlock 4.0. Kodagu and Chikkamaglauru were the only districts which had TPR well above 5% till last week, while other districts recorded way below the threshold.
