Night curfew to continue for 15 more days in four Gujarat cities
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Gujarat CM Vijay Rupani mentioned the viral an infection has come below management due to the night time curfew imposed in November, 2020, in Ahmedabad, Surat, Vadodara and Rajkot.
Even as recent instances of coronavirus (COVID-19) are on decline in Gujarat, Chief Minister Vijay Rupani on Friday asserted that night time curfew will stay in place in four main cities of the State for the following 15 days as a precautionary measure.
While urging individuals to be affected person and cooperate with the authorities for some more days, Mr. Rupani mentioned the viral an infection has come below management due to the night time curfew imposed in November, 2020, in Ahmedabad, Surat, Vadodara and Rajkot.
“The night curfew after 10 p.m. will continue for 15 more days in all four cities. There will be no relaxation for now, as there is a drastic decrease in new cases (because of curfew). People need to have patience and cooperate with the authorities,” he informed reporters in Jamnagar.
A choice about lifting the curfew will likely be taken at an applicable juncture, he mentioned. Following a sudden spike in recent coronavirus instances after Deepavali final yr, the State authorities had imposed an evening curfew in four main cities of Gujarat in November, 2020.
Earlier, individuals have been barred from venturing out between 9 p.m. until 6 am each day in these cities. However, in a minor respite, the timing was lately revised to 10 p.m. until 6 a.m. Notably, when the curfew was imposed, 1,500 to 1,600 recent instances of coronavirus have been rising each day in Gujarat and nearly all of these infections have been from the four cities.
As on Thursday, Gujarat’s COVID-19 tally stood at 2,54,314 instances, together with 4,357 fatalities.
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