UTTAR PRADESH GOVT EXTENDS COVID-19 CURFEW
explore the possibility of using the civil and engineering wings of the army for assistance.
The court also sought to know the rationale of a Delhi government order directing small nursing homes to treat patients only on the ground and first floors, and not on the top floors.
Mehra said that this was a general direction for the fire safety norms.
He claimed that in the garb of the pandemic, the nursing homes have been flouting norms and admitting more patients than their capacity.
The court expressed surprise over the timing of the order. “Prior to the pandemic, they were taking patients and treating them on the top floor. You don’t ask them even as to how the operations are going on. This is a sword hanging on their (nursing homes) heads... At this time we are concerned only and only about patients,” the bench said.
The bench also said that the foreign aid, particularly medical equipment, was meant for people suffering from Covid-19, and not meant to be kept in boxes at some institution to become “junk”.
LUCKNOW: Amid a surge in coronavirus cases, the Uttar Pradesh government on Wednesday decided to increase the duration of the weekend lockdown till 7 am on May 10, including in GB Nagar and Ghaziabad districts, an official spokesperson said in state capital Lucknow.
“The corona curfew from Friday 8 pm to Tuesday 7 am, which was extended on May 3 for 48 hours and is in force till May 6 till 7 am has been further extended till Monday (May 10) 7 am,” an official spokesperson said.
All shops and establishments will now remain closed till Monday 7 am.
The official also said that further decision to extend the curfew will be taken on Sunday.
The decision for extension has been taken for breaking the chain of coronavirus.
During this curfew period, all essential services will be allowed and vaccination drive will continue, a senior official further added, however. refused to term it as a “lockdown”, preferring “closure” instead.
On April 29, the Uttar Pradesh government had announced that weekend lockdowns will now cover Mondays as we.
On May 3, the curfew was extended till May 6.