Amritsar: In the view of rising COVID-19 infections in town, Amritsar authorities on Thursday (March 18) have imposed a night curfew as a precautionary measure in opposition to the unfold of the virus. The orders got here on the identical day when town reported 230 recent cases of COVID-19.
“The Chief Minister has ordered a curfew in the city between 11 pm and 5 am,” mentioned Parvesh Chopra, Assistant Commissioner of Police (Central).
Ahead of upcoming festivals together with Holi, shopkeepers in Amritsar mentioned their companies are adversely affected resulting from rising cases of COVID-19 in the world.Â
On the opposite hand the state general reported 2,387 new COVID-19 infections in the final 24 hours, as per state well being division bulletin on Thursday.
Earlier, Jalandhar District Collector Ghanshyam Thori and Ludhiana District Collector Varinder Sharna additionally imposed a night curfew in the respective districts on Thursday.Â
The night curfew will stay in place from 9 pm to five am till additional orders by the authorities. With the recent COVID-19 cases on Thursday, the cumulative caseload in the state now stands at 2,05,418.
Meanwhile, Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Thursday prolonged the night curfew in 9 worst hit districts by two hours every day, by advancing it from 9 p.m. onwards. The 9 districts the place the night curfew has been prolonged have been Ludhiana, Jalandhar, Patiala, Mohali, Amritsar, Gurdaspur, Hoshiarpur, Kapurthala and Ropar, all every day getting 100 plus constructive cases.
