Coronavirus: The Uttar Pradesh government on Sunday decided to further extend the duration of the curfew in the state till May 17 amid a surge in coronavirus cases.
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All essential services and vaccination drive has been exempted from this curfew.
On April 29, the state government had announced that weekend lockdowns will include Mondays as well.
New Delhi: The Uttar Pradesh government on Wednesday (May 5) extended the lockdown-like restrictions till May 10 in view of the massive upswing in COVID-19 cases.
The ‘corona curfew’ will now be enforced till 7 am on May 10. The corona curfew from Friday 8 pm to Tuesday 7 am, which was extended on May 3 for 48 hours and is in force till May 6 till 7 am has been further extended till Monday (May 10) 7 am, an official spokesman was quoted as saying by PTI. He added that further decision to extend the curfew will be taken on Sunday.