"All international passengers to be screened at airports"

All international passengers arriving at the city airport will be screened for coronavirus, from now on, Karnataka Medical education minister Dr K Sudhakar said here on Wednesday.

"Till now we were screening international passengers coming from Covid-19 affected nations, but from today onwards all passengers will be screened," he told the legislative Council on Wednesday.

The decision comes after a techie, who tested positive for the coronavirus in Hyderabad, had travelled from the city.

Health Minister B Srirumulu had earlier in the day said the apartment where the software engineer was staying has been sanitised.

Later speaking to reporters, Sudhakar said the techie's room mate was asymptomatic and he had tested negative.

"There were 25 people working with the techie, of whom one developed a symptom, adding that all of them were quarantined.

An Iranian national, who had symptoms of Covid-19 had tested negative, the minister added.

He said five people with suspected symptoms of Covid-19 have so far been admitted to the Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Chest Disease (RJICD).

The government, he said, had ordered supply of masks and medicines for the next six months to ensure there was no shortage.

Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa told reporters later that there was not a single coronavirus case in the state and hence there was no need for the people to worry
Vijay Bhaskar also directed officers to ensure ventilators in good condition in all government Hospitals and pay attention to scientific disposal of biomedical waste