Bihar issues new COVID-19 guidelines as cases surge
The Nitish Kumar authorities in Bihar on Saturday got here out with plenty of contemporary restrictions to include the unfold of COVID-19, which has seen a country-wide surge within the latest previous. Guidelines had been issued by the state’s residence division after a high-level assembly, chaired by Kumar, reviewed the state of affairs in Bihar.
Reopening of colleges and schools, which had been scheduled on April 5, shall now be deferred until April 11 and all establishments have been directed to reschedule checks and examinations accordingly, the division mentioned in a launch.
Deployment of extra police drive at bus terminuses, railway stations, vegetable markets and consuming joints to make sure social distancing and stop overcrowding has additionally been ordered.
The communication acknowledged that entry of stray guests inside authorities workplaces shall stay restricted, whereas public transport autos might be allowed to ply, with the variety of passengers not exceeding 50 per cent of complete capability, until April 15.
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Holding of all capabilities, besides marriages and funerals, at public locations might be barred and the utmost variety of folks allowed at a marriage should not exceed 250. Not greater than 50 individuals might be allowed to attend a ‘shraaddh’, the discharge mentioned.
The district administrations involved have been empowered to implement COVID protocols like obligatory carrying of face masks and social distancing, the house division missive mentioned.
Bihar has been witnessing a spike in situations of contemporary cases. The state now has 2,942 energetic cases, a greater than two-fold rise since every week in the past.
The variety of new infections reported within the final 24 hours stood at 836. The spurt has brought on the restoration fee in Bihar, which was greater than 99 per cent until lately, to drop to 98.31 per cent.Â
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