Amarinder Singh ordered police to ensure strict adherence to coronavirus protocols (File)
Chandigarh:
Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Thursday ordered a series of relaxations amid the COVID-19 outbreak, including lifting the nighttime curfew and the Sunday lockdown, while ordering the DGP to do so. strictly enforce the wearing of masks and other safety standards.
Among the relaxations announced by the Chief Minister include increasing the guest limit for weddings and funerals in the state to 100, in accordance with Center guidelines, as well as relaxing the three-person limit in a car and 50% on buses. , subject to the condition of the open windows, an official statement said in Chandigarh.
Mr Singh, however, ordered DGP Dinkar Gupta to ensure strict adherence to coronavirus protocols, with immediate action against those who violate the mandatory mask-wearing condition.
“There should not be any laxity, especially in view of the ongoing paddy supply operations and the upcoming festival season,” he said.
On the reopening of schools and educational institutions, which the Center had left to states to decide after October 15 as part of the Unlock 5.0 guidelines, the CM said the final decision would be announced after due deliberation. and due form between the Minister of the Interior and the Ministry of Education.
In a virtual meeting to review the state’s COVID situation, the top congressional leader noted the “downward trend in increasing cases / deaths” and said the restrictions imposed earlier by the state government had helped.
However, he expressed concern about the increase in COVID-19 cases in rural areas, even as numbers in towns and villages were declining.
Mr Singh also asked Chief Secretary Vini Mahajan to examine the possibility of providing vitamins, among others, to poor COVID-19 patients discharged from hospitals.
In an earlier brief presentation, the head of the state’s health expert committee, KK Talwar, said the positivity rate in the state rose from 10.85% on September 14 to 5.12% September 28.
The number of deaths and patients on ventilators also showed a drop during this period, he said.
The state’s COVID-19 death rate currently stands at 2.9% and the death rate per million at 112.5%. The recovery rate rose to 82.1%, Talwar added.
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