Karnataka health minister advises senior citizens to wear masks, amid Covid surge in Kerala

Karnataka health minister Dinesh Gundu Rao suggested the senior citizens of the state with co-morbidities to wear masks as the number of Covid cases see a rise in neighboring Kerala.

He also said that the state government is closely monitoring the situation in Kerala and is equipped with everything that is required to face any situation.

The minister also urged people not to panic as the situation is completely under control.

The Union ministry of health on Saturday has initiated preparedness measures after a case of the JN.1 subvariant of COVID has been identified in Kerala as part of the ongoing routine surveillance conducted by the Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomics Consortium (INSACOG).