Marathon 57-hour curfew in Ahmedabad from today, here's what will remain open

Marathon 57-hour curfew in Ahmedabad from today, here’s what will remain open

Ahmedabad: In a transfer to test the alarming rise of novel coronavirus circumstances in Ahmedabad, authorities determined to impose a “complete curfew” from in the present day (November 20).

The curfew interval begins from 9:00 pm of November 20 until the morning of November 23 at 6:00 am. The determination to impose the marathon 57-hour lengthy curfew was taken after a late evening assessment of the coronavirus state of affairs in Ahmedabad.

Additional Chief Secretary (Forest and Environment) Rajiv Kumar Gupta introduced on Twitter that throughout the ‘curfew’ interval, solely retailers promoting milk and medicines shall be permitted to stay open in Ahmedabad. 

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“The Corona situation was reviewed late night and it has been decided that “complete curfew”shall be imposed from tomorrow night 9:00 pm till Monday morning 6:00 am in city of Ahmedabad. During this period, only shops selling milk and medicines shall be permitted to remain open,” he wrote.

Gupta knowledgeable that after the 57-hour curfew ending on Monday morning, there might be an evening curfew in Ahmedabad which is able to stay in power day by day between 9 pm and 6 am with impact from Friday (November  20) until additional orders.

Gupta was appointed because the Officer on Special Duty by the Gujarat authorities to supervise Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC)’s coronavirus-related operations.

Notably, Ahmedabad metropolis has been witnessing a gradual rise in coronavirus circumstances for the reason that starting of November. On Thursday, as many as 230 individuals from Ahmedabad had been discovered contaminated with COVID-19 prior to now 24 hours ending at 5 pm, Gujarat well being division mentioned.

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In an announcement issued within the night, Gupta mentioned although the AMC administration is taking varied preventive steps, restriction on individuals’s motion is required to comprise the unfold of the viral an infection amongst individuals. The senior IAS officer mentioned restrictions are wanted as individuals are flocking markets and different locations in massive numbers, which will increase the probabilities of human-to-human transmission.

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