Punjab extends night curfew in 9 districts
As energetic Covid-19 cases in the state surge, with each day positivity price climbing to over 5 p.c, Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Thursday prolonged the night curfew in 9 worst-hit districts by two hours each day, by advancing it from 9 p.m. onwards. Also, he clarified that, if required, he would go for extra stringent measures to restrict its unfold in the times to return.
The 9 districts the place the night curfew has been prolonged had been Ludhiana, Jalandhar, Patiala, Mohali, Amritsar, Gurdaspur, Hoshiarpur, Kapurthala, and Ropar, all each day getting 100 plus constructive cases.
These 9 districts earlier imposed night curfew from 11 p.m. to five a.m., whereas different districts have been requested to evaluate the state of affairs and take motion accordingly.
“Covid is in a very dangerous situation in Punjab again. Yesterday 2,039 positive cases were reported and there were 35 deaths. A day earlier there were 40 deaths in the state,” the Chief Minister mentioned.
At the identical time, he clarified that he was not in favour of proscribing the motion of the folks at spiritual locations.
During Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s digital Covid-19 assessment assembly with chief ministers of all states, Amarinder Singh on Wednesday urged the Centre to assessment its immunisation technique to vaccinate all age teams in chosen areas, whereas asserting a stricter coverage to take care of the issue.
The Chief Minister additionally referred to as for occupation-based immunization for college and school college students and lecturers, judges, bus drivers, and conductors, and so forth., to pave the way in which for normalisation of essential actions and examine super-spreaders.
He advocated the early opening of the courts to finish the watch for justice for residents, and likewise of faculties and faculties to bridge the hole between poor and prosperous households in phrases of schooling.
The each day positivity price in the state has climbed to greater than 5 p.c in March from a low of lower than one per cent in January.
So far, 1.99 lakh constructive cases have been reported from 54 lakh exams and 6,099 folks have died of the an infection, he added.
On the testing, the Chief Minister revealed that greater than 30,000 exams per day had been being performed by the state, of which greater than 90 per cent had been by means of RT-PCR and fewer than 10 p.c Rapid Antigen Test (RAT).
Punjab’s testing per million has been maintained at increased than the nationwide common, he added.
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