UP further relaxes night curfew hrs; malls can open

The night curfew will be imposed from 9pm to 7am instead of the current 7 pm to 7 am

LUCKNOW : Chief minister Yogi Adityanath has announced further relaxations in Covid-19 curfew in the state from June 21, with the shortening of night curfew from 9 pm to 7 am instead of the current 7 pm to 7 am. Restaurants and malls, parks and street food kiosks too can operate but with 50% capacity.

Reviewing the Covid-19 situation with Team-9 on Tuesday, Adityanath said: “Now that the Covid-19 infection situation in the state has further improved, there will be a state-wide relaxation in Coronavirus curfew from June 21. Night curfew will be in place from 9 pm to 7 am. Restaurants and malls will open with 50% capacity and follow all Covid-19 protocols. Parks and street food carts too will open and all such places will have to put up a Covid-19 helpdesk. The state government will issue detailed guidelines soon.”

Taking about the Covid-19 data of the state government, Yogi said: “In the last 24 hours, only 340 cases tested positive among 2.5 lakh sample tests. A total of 1,104 patients recovered and were discharged from hospitals. Only 7,221 cases are active across the state, and in the last 24 hours, the positivity rate was 0.1% and recovery rate 98.3%.”

Target to administer 10 crore doses by Augustend

Discussing the ongoing vaccination drive, Yogi said that in the first 14 days of the month (June) the state has administered a total of 51 lakh Covid-19 vaccine doses (which is half the target of one crore doses set by the government for June). In the last 24 hours, 4.33 lakh doses were administered and so far 2.35 crore doses have been administered since the vaccination began in the state. The state now targets to administer 10 crore doses by August-end.

Arrange, manufacture child pulse oximeters: Yogi

While talking about the possible third wave of the Covid-19 pandemic, the chief minister asked the officers concerned to arrange sufficient child pulse oximeters. He also said that MSME units in the state can lend a helping hand by working towards manufacturing child pulse oximeters in the state itself. “The departments concerned should speak to MSME units and begin efforts to manufacture child pulse oximeters in the state,” he said.