Express News Service
PATNA: Bihar government has decided to impose night curfew between 10 pm and 6 am and other restrictions in the wake of alarming rise in the cases of Coronavirus in the state in the last one week. The new restrictions will come into effective from January 6 and remain effective till January 21.
The decision to impose restrictions was taken at a meeting of the crisis management group chaired by chief minister Nitish Kumar on Tuesday. As per the decisions, government and private offices will open with 50% attendance. Government and private schools upto class VIII have been closed and classes will beheld virtually. Students from class IX and above will attend their schools with 50% attendance. The examinations will remain canceled.
The social gatherings have also been restrained. The places of worship, shopping malls, clubs, swimming pool, gyms, parks and stadiums will remain closed till further orders. However, restaurants will remain open with 50% seating capacity.
The timing of opening and closing of markets will also be reduced. The shops will shut by 8 pm. Only 50 people will be allowed to attend wedding ceremonies. The wedding ceremonies will be solemnised without DJ or baraat processions.
The ongoing social reform campaign of chief minister and his weekly janata darbar have been postponed till further order.
Meanwhile, leave of the health department employees has been cancelled till February 28 in the wake of spurt in the active cases of coronvairus. Altogether 893 people tested positive in the state during the last 24 hours on Tuesday. Of them, 565 were from Patna alone. “The number of fresh cases is three times higher than the last week,” a senior health department official said.
