Overview

• Karnataka reopened schools on June 2 with mandatory mask-wearing, physical distancing and temperature checks across government and private campuses.
• A May 26 Health Department circular instructs parents to keep children with fever, cough or cold at home and allow their return only after complete recovery.
• All schools are required to enforce Covid-19 Appropriate Behaviors such as hand hygiene and cough etiquette and to immediately isolate and send home symptomatic students and staff.
• The state reported 253 active Covid-19 cases as of June 1 and recorded four deaths since January among patients with comorbidities.
• Private school body KAMS has sanitized its facilities and pledged full compliance with the government’s precautionary guidelines.