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Malls, restaurants allowed to reopen in Uttar Pradesh: Read guidelines set by Yogi government

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The Yogi Adityanath-led Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in Uttar Pradesh on late Saturday night issued fresh COVID-19 guidelines for the state, relaxing the curbs further. However, the order said that a corona curfew will be reimposed again in districts with over 500 active COVID-19 cases.

As per the new guidelines, shopping malls, hotels, eateries, restaurants and public parks can reopen with 50 per cent of their capacity from June 21 for five days a week from 7 am to 9 pm. It also said that 50 people can attend marriages and wedding ceremonies in the state.

However, only 50 people would be allowed inside places of worship. Gyms, cinema halls, swimming pools, clubs, stadiums, schools, colleges and other educational institutions, on the other hand, would continue to remain closed.

The guidelines further said that a night curfew would be observed across the state from 9 pm to 7 am from Monday to Friday while a complete curfew would be imposed on weekends — Saturdays and Sundays.

It would be compulsory for people to follow appropriate COVID-19 norms, including the usage of masks and sanitisers and practising social distancing, the guidelines stated.

The state government has also directed the local officials to ramp up the COVID-19 vaccination drive in their respective districts. So far, Uttar Pradesh has administered 2.50 crore vaccine doses.

“We are preparing to administer 10 lakh more vaccines from July 1,” said Uttar Pradesh’s Additional Chief Secretary (Health) Amit Mohan Prasad.

Currently, Uttar Pradesh has less than 5,000 active COVID-19 cases while 16.77 lakh patients have recovered from the infection. On the other hand, the death toll in Uttar Pradesh has crossed the grim mark of 17,000 while the positivity rate has dipped to 0.1 per cent, as per the state health department.

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Covid toll in Karnataka is a worrying sign for state government

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Even though Karnataka recorded the lowest number of Covid deaths in April since the virus struck first in 2020, the state is recording a rise in the positivity rate (1.50 per cent). Five people died from the Covid infections in April as per the statistics released by the state health department. In March, the positivity rate stood around 0.53 per cent. In the first week of April it came down to 0.38 per cent, second week registered 0.56 per cent, third week it rose to 0.79 per cent and by end of April the Covid positivity rate touched 1.19 per cent.

on an average 500 persons used to succumb everyday in the peak of Covid infection, as per the data. Health experts said that the mutated Coronavirus is losing its fierce characteristics as vaccination, better treatment facilities and awareness among the people have contributed to the lesser number of Covid deaths.

During the 4th and 6th of April two deaths were reported in Bengaluru, one in Gadag district on April 8, two deaths were reported from Belagavi and Vijayapura on April 30. The first Covid case was reported in the state in March 2020 and three Covid deaths were recorded in the month. In the following month 21 people became victims to the deadly virus, and May 2020 recorded 22 deaths. The death toll recorded everyday after May crossed three digits. However, the third wave, which started in January 2

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