To battle virus, Punjab, others take lockdown, curbs route

Two days after Punjab CM Amarinder Singh dominated out a lockdown, Punjab on Sunday imposed stricter Covid curbs by shutting down all of the retailers, besides these promoting important gadgets, until May 15.
The retailers promoting important gadgets, together with chemists, these promoting milk, bread, greens, dairy, poultry, and cellular repairs retailers will probably be allowed to stay open. There aren’t any curbs on the nursing houses and laboratories, newest tips issued by Home Secretary Anurag Aggarwal stated.
The authorities has appealed to farmers protesting towards the Centre’s farm legal guidelines to not organise protest marches and prohibit presence to token numbers at toll plazas, petrol pumps and malls.
The tips additionally state that every one four-wheelers is not going to be allowed to seat greater than 2 passengers. No pillion riders on scooters/bikes, besides these from the identical household, will probably be allowed. Vehicles carrying sufferers to hospitals are exempted.
All authorities places of work and banks will work at 50 per cent energy. Nobody will probably be allowed to enter the state by air, rail or street with out a Covid-negative report, no more than 72 hours outdated, or vaccination certificates of at the least one dose, over two weeks outdated.
Sabzi mandis will probably be allowed to open solely to wholesalers, who must guarantee social distancing and all different Covid protocols.
Villages have been requested to organise thikri pehras to make sure evening curfew and weekend curfew orders are complied with.
Religious locations additionally will probably be closed at 6 pm.
The authorities has additionally determined that it’s going to mandatorily conduct RT-PCR check of rerhiwallas and distributors.
Punjab has already imposed evening and weekend curfew within the state. The curfew begins at 6 pm and ends at until 5 am. There is an entire lockdown on Saturday and Sundays and solely retailers promoting important gadgets are allowed to open.
14-day lockdown in Odisha
Bhubaneswar: The state authorities on Sunday introduced a 14-day lockdown, beginning May 5.
During the lockdown, slated to go on until May 14, residents will probably be allowed to step out to retailers inside 500 metres of their houses to purchase greens between 6 am and 12 midday. Healthcare providers will stay open and people eligible for Covid-19 vaccination can go to inoculation websites.
Inter-state bus providers have been halted for the lockdown interval however inter-state rail and air providers will proceed to function. Intra-state public transport and cab aggregators additionally not be allowed to function nonetheless, passengers can rent personal taxis from airports and railway stations after displaying their journey paperwork.
Meanwhile, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Sunday additionally declared working journalists within the state as frontline Covid warriors. ENS
Goa extends curbs until May 10
Panaji: The Goa authorities on Sunday introduced that restrictions imposed within the state to comprise the unfold of Covid-19 will probably be in drive until May 10. The authorities’s four-day lockdown was in drive till the morning of May 3.
Chief Minister Pramod Sawant stated Sunday that restrictions, together with closure of casinos, bars, cinema halls, sports activities complexes, swimming swimming pools and academic establishments, will stay in place.
Sawant stated weddings will probably be permitted with solely 50 folks and final rites may be attended by 20 folks. Shops and institutions might stay open from 7 am to 7 pm. While eating places have been allowed to hold out enterprise at 50 p.c capability throughout the identical hours, deliveries are allowed all through the day. ENS