New Delhi: The ‘corona curfew’ in Madhya Pradesh’s Bhopal and Berasia cities on Sunday was extended till May 24 and solely important providers and emergency journey are exempted from the ambit of the curfew.
The curfew was first imposed on April 12 has been extended a number of occasions in afforts to curb the unfold of the lethal an infection. The curfew was supposed to finish at 6am on May 17.
The order was handed by Collector Avinash Lavaniya, an official informed PTI.
Lavania has issued the order utilizing the powers conferred beneath Section 144 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. The order states that the curfew has been extended inside the Bhopal Municipal Corporation space and Berasia municipality space.
Meanwhile, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Sunday claimed that the COVID-19 positivity fee in Madhya Pradesh has come down from 24 per cent earlier to 10.68 per cent now, with some districts exhibiting lower than 5 detections per 100 assessments.
In a video clip launched to media shops, the CM claimed “we have been successful in containing the pandemic” as the positivity fee was “falling day by day”. Chouhan stated that remedy is being provided in the state totally free of value, particularly to the poor and the center class, beneath the Mukhyamantri COVID Upchar Yojana.
The COVID-19 caseload in Bhopal, as on Saturday, was 1,12,226, together with 838 deaths.
