Punjab Covid-19 Guidelines: All private offices have been told to work from home only (File)
New Delhi:
Those entering Punjab via air, rail or road are required to furnish a Covid negative report, cinema halls, bars and gymnasiums are to be shut and no dine-in is allowed in restaurants as part of added curbs announced in the state on Sunday amid rising COVID-19 cases and fatalities.
These restrictions, in addition to the earlier ones, will remain in effect till May 15, according to the Punjab Home Department s directive to all deputy commissioners and district police chiefs.
Punjab is among the worst-hit states in the second wave of the pandemic. On Saturday, it registered 7,041 fresh COVID-19 cases, the highest in a day, bringing the infection count to 3,77,990, while 138 more fatalities took the total count to 9,160.
Amid Rising Covid-19 Cases, Punjab Extends Night Curfew By Two Hours
The night curfew which was previously in force from 8 pm to 5 am will now become effective from 6 pm, officials said. PTI File Photo Outlook Web Bureau 2021-04-26T20:27:52+05:30 Amid Rising Covid-19 Cases, Punjab Extends Night Curfew By Two Hours outlookindia.com 2021-04-26T20:31:22+05:30
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Amid rising number of Covid-19 cases, the Punjab government on Monday extended the night curfew imposed in the state by two hours.
The night curfew which was previously in force from 8 pm to 5 am will now become effective from 6 pm, officials said.
Amid a surge in coronavirus COVID-19 cases, the Punjab government led by Amarinder Singh on Monday (April 26) imposed a daily lockdown restriction for an indefinite period. As per the notification, the Corona night curfew will remain enforced from 6pm to 5am everyday till further notice. On the other hand, the weekend lockdown will remain from Friday 6pm to Monday 5am.
India has never been prepared for a public health emergency of the scale of Covid-19. No country has. But the government’s dislocated priorities have left the nation particularly vulnerable. It is now running short of basic infrastructure including oxygen tanks, ventilators, antiviral medication and hospital beds, with hundreds of thousands of new infections being recorded every day. On Thursday, the country added 314,835 cases, the highest daily tally in the world since the pandemic began. Public health spending was dismally low to begin with, at just close to 1% of India’s gross domestic product. The country ranks 179th out 189 when it comes to prioritization of healthcare in the government budget. It spends as much as donor-dependent nations like Sierra Leone on a per capita basis. The country’s medical facilities are so inadequate that overall hospitalization rates for the sick are among the lowest in the world: 3% to 4%, compared to an average 8% to 9% in middle income
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