Chandigarh: Amid a surge in Covid-19 instances, the Haryana authorities made carrying face masks obligatory in public locations, stated a bulletin issued by the Haryana Health Department on Saturday. The assertion stated, “It is intimated that in a meeting held under the chairmanship of Hon`ble Health Minister, Haryana on April 3, it has been observed that there is a significant upsurge in the number of COVID cases with an increased positivity rate of COVID-19 infection in the State of Haryana over past few weeks.”
The assertion additional added that this was determined as a precautionary measure in opposition to one other potential outbreak of COVID-19. “It has decided that wearing of face mask by the general public at all the public places, where there is a gathering of more than 100 people, government offices, malls, etc. is mandatory”, reads the assertion.
The district administrations and panchayats have been instructed to make sure that it’s applied in all components of Haryana. Also, most people be motivated to undertake COVID-appropriate behaviour in public locations, the assertion stated. Haryana on Friday reported 407 contemporary Covid-19 instances, the Health Department stated in a bulletin.
According to the bulletin, Gurugram reported the best instances at 206. Two Covid-related deaths had been additionally reported previously week — one within the Yamunanagar district on Tuesday and one other in Gurugram on Thursday.Â
