Panaji: Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant has introduced that the state will endure curfew from May 9 until May 23 because the positivity charge and demise charge are growing within the state.
A state-level curfew will likely be imposed in Goa from May 9 until May 23 whereby important providers together with medical provides will likely be allowed. Grocery shops will likely be allowed to stay open from 7 am – 1 pm, restaurant takeaway orders will likely be allowed from 7 am- 7 pm.
Goa CM Pramod Sawant knowledgeable {that a} detailed order will likely be launched tomorrow on this regard.
“The positivity rate and death rate are increasing in the state. There is no shortage of oxygen and medicines in the state,” he mentioned.
An in depth order concerning the state-level curfew will likely be launched by 4 pm tomorrow, he added
Asked concerning the distinction between a lockdown, which has been demanded by trade captains and journey and tourism trade stakeholders and the state stage curfew which he plans to implement from May 9, he mentioned: “Both words (lockdown and curfew) mean the same”.
“If someone is seen roaming around on the roads during curfew hours, the police will take action as per penal sections. No one should step out of home unnecessarily. Everyone should co-operate. Statewide curfew is needed to break the chain,” Sawant mentioned.
Sawant mentioned that the state administration wouldn’t even give permission for marriages in the course of the curfew interval, saying weddings tended to be super-spreader occasions. He additionally mentioned that the state authorities was getting ready infrastructure to sort out the third Covid wave.
The Opposition has described the state stage curfew announcement as (*9*).
“Goa needs bigger measures, lip service will not work. Numbers are rising and people are dying. Goa is into Covid emergency,” Leader of Opposition Digambar Kamat mentioned.
(With Agency Inputs)
