Punjab Covid-19 Pointers: All personal workplaces have been advised to do business from home solely (File)
New Delhi:
These getting into Punjab through air, rail or highway are required to furnish a Covid damaging report, cinema halls, bars and gymnasiums are to be shut and no dine-in is allowed in eating places as a part of added curbs introduced within the state on Sunday amid rising COVID-19 instances and fatalities.
These restrictions, along with the sooner ones, will stay in impact until Could 15, in keeping with the Punjab House Division’s directive to all deputy commissioners and district police chiefs.
Punjab is among the many worst-hit states within the second wave of the pandemic. On Saturday, it registered 7,041 recent COVID-19 instances, the best in a day, bringing the an infection depend to three,77,990, whereas 138 extra fatalities took the entire depend to 9,160.
All outlets promoting non-essential objects will stay shut. These dealing in medicines and important objects like milk, bread, greens, fruits, dairy and poultry merchandise like eggs, meat, cellular restore will likely be allowed.
No more than two individuals can journey in a automotive, whereas no pillion using on scooters and bikes will likely be allowed aside from these belonging to the identical household.
All authorities workplaces, in addition to banks, will work at 50 per cent power apart from these the place officers are concerned in Covid administration, in keeping with the brand new directives, which additionally acknowledged that deputy commissioners are authorised to draft providers of any official for Covid administration and associated duties.
No gathering of greater than 10 individuals, together with for weddings, cremations and funerals, will likely be allowed.
Non secular locations will likely be closed at 6 pm on daily basis and there should be no overcrowding. There can even be RT-PCR testing of road distributors and social distancing should be maintained in vegetable markets, in keeping with the directives.
An attraction would even be made to farmer unions and spiritual leaders to not maintain gatherings and prohibit the variety of protestors. There may be complete ban on political gatherings as effectively, it mentioned.
The carrying capability of public transport autos has been capped at 50 per cent and flying squads will implement that it’s adopted.
All instructional establishments would stay closed however the instructing and non-teaching workers of presidency colleges to attend obligation, it mentioned.
All personal workplaces have been advised to do business from home solely.
Micro containment zones in excessive positivity areas are to be elevated and particular screens could be designated for enforcement, mentioned the federal government. All weekly markets would stay shut.
Within the wake of oxygen provide shortages, the federal government mentioned motion will likely be taken in opposition to these hoarding oxygen cylinders.
All recruitment exams are to be postponed, it mentioned.
There can even be a whole ban on authorities capabilities, akin to inaugurations, basis stone laying ceremonies until permission of the deputy commissioner has been obtained.
The state authorities has already imposed an evening curfew from 6 pm until 5 am and weekend lockdown from 6 pm on Fridays until 5 am on Mondays.