Ahmedabad: Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani on Sunday dominated out imposition of a recent lockdown in the state regardless of a surge in the recent COVID-19 cases. Gujarat’s general tally of cases rose to 2,87,009 with the addition of 1,580 new infections on Sunday.
“As Chief Minister, I assure you that there will be no new lockdown,” Rupani stated in his Facebook Live tackle to folks of the state. He additionally appealed to residents to not consider in rumours.
“The state authorities needed to take steps like discontinuing offline schooling in colleges and faculties, extending the hours of an evening curfew, and imposing restrictions on resorts and eating places in cities because of the rise in the variety of cases.
“Now that the number of COVID-19 cases is increasing, we have once again taken a strict action. When the number of cases decreases, everything will go back to normal,” the CM stated.
Rupani stated the federal government’s concern is that folks don’t endure because of the pandemic and that their jobs will not be affected. He additionally appealed to folks to train warning and to stick to COVID-19 norms.
“The government will not take steps that will adversely affect livelihood of the people. They should not lose patience,” he stated. Rupani stated the federal government was not in fining folks for not sporting face masks.
“A fine of Rs 1,000 is collected from people for not wearing masks on the order of the Gujarat High Court,” he stated. Rupani stated folks ought to observe norms like sustaining social distance, sporting masks and utilizing sanitiser.
“(Eligible) People should get themselves vaccinated when their turn comes. They should not go out unnecessarily and avoid gatherings,” he stated.
The CM stated the state is now conducting extra variety of COVID-19 exams.
“At the same time, adequate number of beds and essential medicines are being made available. The vaccination is also gathering pace,” Rupani added.
