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Bengaluru, Dec 4 (PTI) With two cases of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 being detected in Karnataka, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Saturday said that any area with three or more cases of coronavirus in the state would be declared as a cluster.
"Earlier, we had decided to identify a place as cluster with 10 COVID-19 cases, but now we have decided to minimise it to three.
People in that area will undergo tests, treatment and vaccination," he told reporters here.
He said he has observed that cases are emerging in two types of clusters in the state -- one in schools and colleges and the other, in residential apartments in Bengaluru.
Bommai said double dose of vaccine has been made mandatory for parents of students who attend regular classes and that testing is compulsory for all the inmates and staff of student hostels.
The tests would also be mandatory for those with co-morbidities, the Chief Minister said, adding that officials have been instructed to take foolproof measures.