Kerala modifies COVID-19 guidelines, allows govt offices to function with 50% capacity

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Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala’s LDF authorities, headed by Chief Minister P Vijayan, has modified the rules for the continued lockdown and allowed the state authorities offices to function with up to 50 per cent capacity from June 7. The new set of pointers additionally permitted morning walks from 5 am to 7 am and night walks from 7 pm to 9 pm.

According to the rules, “All Central and state government departments, including PSUs, corporations, autonomous organisations, commissions etc. may function with up to 50 per cent staff from June 7 onwards on a rotation basis.” 

It additional stated, “While industrial establishments and manufacturing centres are permitted, service sector shall be permitted to function with work-from-home employees only.” 

Earlier on Saturday, the Kerala authorities had prolonged the lockdown restrictions until June 9 in all its districts. 

Kerala on Monday logged 12,300 recent COVID-19 circumstances, taking the caseload to 24,96,554, whereas the toll climbed to 8,815 with 174 deaths, in accordance to the state authorities’s Health division information.

In the final 24 hours, 89,345 samples had been examined and the check positivity price got here down to 13.77 per cent, the assertion stated, including that to this point 1,97,95,928 samples have been despatched for testing.

Recoveries outnumbered the brand new circumstances with 28,867 folks, present process remedy, testing damaging for the an infection, taking the tally to 23,10,385, whereas lively circumstances stood at 2,06,982.

Notably, Thiruvananthapuram recorded the very best variety of circumstances with 1,750 circumstances adopted by Malappuram (1,689) and Thrissur (1,055). Of the whole optimistic circumstances reported on Monday, 56 had been well being employees, the assertion stated.

(With Agency Inputs)

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