Andhra Pradesh government has decided to impose night curfew, from 10 pm to 5 am, tomorrow onwards amid prevailing COVID-19 situation in the state, Chief Minister's Office (CMO).
Goa administration has decided to impose a night curfew in the city from 10 pm to 6 am. The curfew will be effective from Wednesday night onwards.
Uttarakhand had reported its highest number of COVID-19 cases in a day on Tuesday with 3,012 people testing positive for the infection.
India registered 1,761 Covid deaths in the last 24 hours, the biggest one-day spike, and over 2.59 lakh new cases. The total number of cases, which shows a worrying rise in the second wave of the pandemic, now stands at more than 1.53 crore.
Weekend lockdown has been imposed in Uttar Pradesh in view of rising Covid-19 cases. Also, night curfew will remain in place in all 75 districts daily.
The government took the decision a day after the Telangana High Court gave 48-hours to decide on imposing a night curfew or lockdown. All offices, firms, shops, establishments, restaurants, etc. shall close at 8 pm, says the Government Order
Bihar government has imposed night curfew (9 pm to 5 am) in the state as COVID cases are continue to rise. While addressing a press conference over COVID situation in the state, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on April 18 informed, "Schools, colleges and other educational institutes will remain closed and no examination will be held by state-run schools and universities till May 15. Cinema halls, malls, clubs, gyms, and parks will be closed till May 15."
Assam Health and Family Welfare Minister said on Saturday that lower primary schools would be closed in districts where 100 active COVID cases are found in 10 days.
With coronavirus cases in Uttar Pradesh surging at an unprecedented pace, the state government on Thursday announced the imposition of night curfew in 10 districts including capital Lucknow. The night curfew has been imposed in the districts which have more than 2,000 active cases of COVID-19.
Noida, Ghaziabad night curfew: The Yogi Adityanath government has revised the night curfew timings in 10 districts including in Noida and Ghaziabad.
In view of increasing COVID-19 cases, the Rajasthan government on Wednesday announced 'night corona' curfew in all cities between 6 pm to 6 am from April 16 to 30.
The rapidly increasing number of corona cases in the second wave of COVID-19 is quite worrying.
CM BS Yediyurappa clarified that Technical Advisory Committee has not recommended any lockdown.
Police have started strictly implementing the night curfew imposed to check the spread of a second wave of coronavirus infection within the police commissionerate from Saturday night.
Due to spike in COVID cases, night curfew has been imposed in Karnataka between 10 pm and 5 am to check the spread of coronavirus. Police barricades were placed to keep a check on the vehicular movement in Bengaluru. Similarly, the police officials kept a tab on movement during the curfew in Kalaburagi.
As per an order by the Rajasthan government, it said, "Night curfew imposed in 9 cities-Ajmer, Alwar, Bhilwara, Chittorgarh, Dungarpur, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Kota and Abu Road starting from 8 pm to 6 am, till April 30."
Experts say that night curfew will have a little role in controlling the rising number of COVID-19 cases. They said that night curfew won’t help in breaking Covid-19 transmission chain but it might slow down transmission.
Amid the surge in COVID-19 cases in the Uttar Pradesh, administration took precautionary measures to contain the spread of virus.
Covid-19 restrictions in Mumbai have forced migrant workers to return home. Long-distance trains departing from Mumbai railway stations are heavily packed with migrant workers.
Out of this, Maharashtra added 56,286 new cases to its tally and the total number of cases has now reached 3,229,547, according to health department. While Delhi logged 7,437 coronavirus cases in its highest single day spike this year.
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