Omicron variant scare: Karnataka CM Basavaraj Bommai to chair high-level meeting, new guidelines likely

Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai will hold a meeting on Friday to discuss the measures to prevent the spread of new coronavirus variant, Omicron, and the strategies to control it.

Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai will be chairing a meeting with experts, senior Ministers and officials on Friday in the wake of two cases of the new Omicron variant of coronavirus detected in the state, during which a new guidelines aimed at controlling its spread is likely to be formulated.

The meeting is scheduled for Friday afternoon, after the Chief Minister returns from his Delhi trip.