According to the Bangalore Health officials, as many as 242 children tested positive for Covid-19 in five days in Bengaluru.  Karnataka state reported 1,338 new cases and 31 deaths on Tuesday bringing back focus on the earlier prediction that the third wave could affect children. The health department has warned that the positive cases of children may rise in the coming days.

The Bengaluru civic body BBMP, said 242 children below the age of 19 tested positive in the last five days. Experts have alerted that the third wave of Covid-19 has already started. As per data, 106 children below the age of 9 years and 136 children between 9 and 19 years have tested positive in the last five days in the city.

Karnataka has been recording nearly 1500 daily new cases in the last thirty days, and the newly inducted chief minister Basavaraja Bommai has pledged to increase the vaccine doses from around 65 lakh to 1 crore per month. The Karnataka govt has already ordered night and weekend curfews in all the districts, and entries to Kerala-Karnataka, Maharashtra-Karnataka borders have been restricted. Only those who can show their RTPCR test of less than 72 hours are allowed to enter the state.

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