Karnataka Kerala Border Closed

Karnataka has been keeping a close watch on its districts bordering Kerala and Maharashtra - states with a high number of Covid cases - for last several weeks. There is a an extra sharp focus on travellers from Kerala as it battles high daily cases.

A pregnant woman in labour, a migrant from Bihar, gave birth in an ambulance in Kerala after the Karnataka police allegedly refused to allow the ambulance carrying her to cross the border road to Mangaluru to reach her hospital.

Karnataka has been keeping a close watch on its districts bordering Kerala and Maharashtra - states with a high number of Covid cases - for last several weeks. There is a an extra sharp focus on travellers from Kerala as it battles high daily cases.

A pregnant woman in labour, a migrant from Bihar, gave birth in an ambulance in Kerala after the Karnataka police allegedly refused to allow the ambulance carrying her to cross the border road to Mangaluru to reach her hospital.