Gujarat: Night curfew to be extended in Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Surat and Rajkot till April 15
In an attempt to stem the increasing coronavirus infections, the Gujarat government said that the implementation of the Centre's guidelines on testing, tracing and treatment and other measures have been extended till April 30.
FollowGandhinagar: The night curfew imposed in four metro cities of Gujarat - Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Surat and Rajkot – will continue till April 15, the state government has announced in the wake of rising coronavirus cases there.
According to the Additional Chief Secretary, Home Department, Gujarat government, the night curfew in four metros of the state, Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Surat and Rajkot, which is currently in force from 9 pm to 6 am, will also continue till April 15, 2021.
In an attempt to stem the increasing coronavirus infections, the Gujarat government said that the implementation of the Centre's guidelines on testing, tracing and treatment and other measures have been extended till April 30.
The night curfew has been going on since November 2020. On March 16, 2021, the state government increased the timing of the night curfew by two hours due to a rise in Covid-19 cases. The local administration further increased that timing by another one hour.
According to data from the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, the active cases of coronavirus in Gujarat are 12,041. The total cured, discharged and migrated cases are 2,86,577, the death toll is 4500.
A total of 53,89,349 people have been vaccinated so far, while 6,43,855 beneficiaries have received the second dose of the Covid-19 vaccines.
The Centre Tuesday pulled up the states with a high number of coronavirus cases claiming that the situation is turning from 'bad to worse' and stressed that the whole country is at risk.
"We are facing an increasingly severe and intense situation, more so surely in some districts. But the whole country is potentially at risk and therefore all efforts to contain and save lives should be taken," NITI Aayog member (Health) V K Paul said.
Further, he said, "Covid-19 situation is turning from bad to worse. In the last few weeks, especially in some states, it is a huge cause for worry. No state, no part of the country should be complacent."
