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Bengal goes into shutdown mode to curb spread of Covid Shopping complexes, malls, bars closed; markets open only for three hours in the morning and evening
The Bengal government ordered the shut down of a number of public places, including shopping complexes and malls, cinemas, bars and sports complexs, in the wake of rising Covid cases in the state.
As per an order signed by chief secretary Alapan Bandyopadhyay, restaurants, beauty parlours, spas, gyms and swimming pools would also be closed. While pharmacies, medical equipment shops and groceries have been exempted from the closure order, markets will be allowed to remain open twice a day from 7am to 10am in the morning and 3pm to 5pm in the afternoon.
All private hospitals should reserve at least 60 per cent of their sanctioned beds for Covid-19 patients, the West Bengal Clinical Establishment Regulatory Commission said on Saturday.
Several private hospitals have already increased their Covid bed count in the past few weeks but that has not been sufficient.
“All the clinical establishments in the private healthcare sector would be segregating 40 per cent of the total sanctioned beds, including day care beds, emergency triage, for emergency non-Corona treatment like dialysis and emergency surgeries. The rest, being 60 per cent of the sanctioned beds/set up, would be dedicated for Covid treatment,” the commission said in an advisory to private hospitals. “It is apprehended that many precious lives may be lost if Covid beds are not enhanced to accommodate the increasing number of patients.”