Chandigarh: The Punjab Government has determined to impose each day lockdown from 6 p.m. to five p.m. and weekend lockdown from Friday 6 p.m. to Monday 5 a.m. in view of the continual and fast rise of Covid-19 instances, Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh stated on Monday.
“Due to continuous & rapid rise of #Covid19 cases in Punjab, Cabinet today has decided to impose daily lockdown from 6 PM to 5 AM and weekend lockdown from Friday 6 PM to Monday 5 AM. Urge you all to stay at home & step out only if absolutely necessary. Seek your full cooperation,” he tweeted.
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Due to steady & fast rise of #Covid19 instances in Punjab, Cabinet in the present day has determined to impose each day lockdown from 6 PM to five AM and weekend lockdown from Friday 6 PM to Monday 5 AM. Urge you all to remain at house & step out provided that completely crucial. Seek your full cooperation. pic.twitter.com/gS4TFlw5lZ
— Capt.Amarinder Singh (@capt_amarinder) April 26, 2021
Depleting oxygen provides within the state compelled Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Sunday to ship one other SOS letter to Union Health and Family Welfare Minister Harsh Vardhan for pressing enhance in allocation of quota.
Responding to Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh’s plea for assist in the war-like Covid state of affairs, the Western Command of the Indian Army on Monday prolonged all doable assist, together with medical workers and medically skilled combatants, to the state to satisfy the exigent scarcity in hospital, together with assist in reviving the oxygen vegetation which are presently mendacity defunct, reported ANI
Punjab on Sunday reported over 7,000 instances,
The Chief Minister directed the Health Department to comply with up with the Centre for vaccine provides because the state presently had just one.76 lakh Covishield and 22,000 Covaxin doses in inventory.
Health Secretary Hussan Lal disclosed that in response to directives from the Chief Minister, 2,000 beds could be added to strengthen the L2 and L3 mattress capability in authorities and personal hospitals.
While 900 beds could be added to Government Medical Colleges in Patiala, Amritsar and Faridkot (Jalalabad), 542 could be added to Private Medical Colleges. The District Hospitals will get one other 300 L2 beds, whereas 250 beds could be positioned at a short lived hospital close to the Bathinda refinery.
Reacting to stories of threats of strike by sure organisations of well being and medical staff, the Chief Minister made it clear that threats will probably be met with dismissal “as we cannot tolerate this kind of nonsense in a war-like situation.”, reported IANS.
