Chandigarh: Punjab Congress is not going to hold any political gatherings for the subsequent two weeks in view of the spike in COVID-19 cases in the state. According to the press launch, the announcement was made by Chief Minister Amarinder Singh at a overview assembly on the COVID-19 scenario.
The Chief Minister additionally appealed to different political events and their leaders to hold their gatherings inside the prescribed numbers, for instance, 50 p.c of capability, topic to most of 100 in closed and 200 in open areas. No political gatherings ought to happen in essentially the most affected districts, he mentioned.
Underlining the necessity for strict enforcement, the Chief Minister ordered obligatory enforcement of carrying face masks in the state.Â
He directed the police and well being authorities to take all these transferring round and loitering in public areas, and on the roads and streets, with out face masks, to the closest RT-PCR Testing Facility for taking nasopharyngeal swabs to make sure that they aren’t asymptomatic COVID-19 cases, the press launch mentioned.
He requested the District Commissioner of Amritsar to speak to the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) and administration of Durgiana temple to encourage devotees to put on face masks contained in the shrines.
The rise in cases was a matter of great concern, significantly in rural areas which had seen a lot fewer cases final 12 months, mentioned the Chief Minister, directing the involved departments to launch consciousness campaigns in villages.
In the 11 worst-affected districts of Ludhiana, Jalandhar, Patiala, Mohali, Amritsar, Hoshiarpur, Kapurthala, SBS Nagar, Fatehgarh Sahib, Ropar and Moga, the chief minister ordered restrictions on in-person public dealings in government places of work with individuals to be inspired to go to places of work just for important companies.
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