"Social distancing is not being maintained in public places. The only thing is that people are wearing masks. This is the view of public places in Kerala," a Bench of Justice TR Ravi said.
The current coronavirus curtailments were supposed to end on 15 July in West Bengal.
As the test positivity rate for Covid infection has fallen below 5%, the Karnataka government is said to have planned to ease restrictions and allow pubs to open and lift the night curfew from next week.
In a letter to the state chief secretaries, home secretary Ajay Bhalla wrote that the officers concerned should be made personally responsible for any laxity in strict enforcement of Covid appropriate behaviour.
God's own country Kerala which continues to face health emergencies for the last few years has once again announced a complete lockdown. The lockdown will be for two days on July 17 and 18. The lockdown is to avoid people gathering during weekends and to arrest the virus.
Russia's Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine developers and Serum Institute of India (SII) have announced plans to start producing the vaccine in India in September.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi Tuesday interacted with Chief Ministers of the northeastern states on the Covid-19 situation.
India reported 31,443 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours. The number of new daily infections is the lowest in 118 days.
"Scaling access to easy, accurate, and fast testing can speed up the country's preparedness and curb community contagion," ICMR former Director-General Nirmal Kumar Ganguly said.
The Minister also said that the Centre is monitoring the developments by state governments.
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