With COVID-19 cases exhibiting an upward development as soon as again, the Pune administration on Friday determined to impose sure restrictions to forestall the scenario from going uncontrolled. Night curfew from 10 pm to six am is already in place in Pune.
During a high-level assembly chaired by deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar, it was determined that colleges in Pune will stay shut until March 31. A choice as to whether to open the faculties or not after the mentioned date might be taken later relying on the scenario. There might be no full lockdown within the metropolis, officers mentioned.
Malls, accommodations and cinema halls can function until 10 pm only. Home supply has been allowed until 11 pm. Only 5 people might be allowed at a stall at a given time.
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Number of friends at marriage ceremony capabilities has additionally been capped at 50. Police permission for such capabilities has been made obligatory. Gardens would additionally stay shut for people through the night.
Pune reported as many as 2,840 new coronavirus cases on Thursday, which pushed its total an infection tally to 4,28,344. The loss of life toll reached 9,356 with 15 sufferers succumbing to the an infection.
“Out of the total number of cases reported during the day, 1,504 were from the areas located within the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) limits, where the tally has reached 2,13,025,” information company PTI quoted an official, as saying, including that 675 sufferers had been discharged from hospitals through the day.
With 815 new cases reported within the neighbouring industrial township of Pimpri Chinchwad, the COVID-19 rely there stands at 1,11,515, he added.
