West Bengal extends Covid curbs till 30 July, here's what's allowed and what's not

The West Bengal government on Wednesday extended the Covid-19 restrictions in the state till 30 July. The state now has 14,191 active cases and 14,81,742 people have recovered from the disease. Even as the positivity rate has declined to 1.84 per cent, and the discharge rate has also improved to 97.88 per cent. All in all, 1,48,61,930 samples have been tested for COVID-19 in West Bengal, including 46,909 since Monday, the bulletin said. Meanwhile, 2,22,074 people were inoculated in the state till Tuesday....

 

Here's what's allowed and what's not 

 

All schools, colleges/universities polytechnics/ Anganwadi centres and other educational/ academic institutions shall continue to remain closed.

Movement of public transport, including intra- state (inter-district) government and private buses, inland waterways transport, trams, local taxis, cabs and auto-rickshaws will be allowed with passengers not more than 50% of seating capacity at a time, subject to vaccination of drivers and other staff. Also, regular sanitisation of vehicles and wearing of masks are mandatory.

Intra-state local train movement shall remain closed except for staff special trains for movement of emergency and essential services personnel.

The metro rail in the state will operate five days a week with 50% seating capacity. However, it will remain suspended on Saturday and Sunday. Regular sanitisation of metro, wearing of masks and appropriate Covid compliant discipline by passengers shall be ensured by the metro authorities and the local administration.

All political /social /cultural/ academic / entertainment related gatherings, groupings and congregations shall continue to be prohibited.

Not more than 50 people are allowed at weddings and 20 can attend funerals.

All shops and markets will remain open as per usual operational hours.

All cinema halls, spa and swimming pools shall continue to remain closed. However swimming pools exclusively for routine practice of state, national and international level swimmers may remain open during 6 am to 10 am.

Government offices relating to emergency and essential services like health care, veterinary services, law and order, courts, social welfare homes, correctional services, power, drinking water supply, telecom, internet, print and electronic media, fire services, food and civil supplies including public distribution system, disaster management and civil defense, sanitation, sewerage and funeral services shall remain open as usual.

All Government offices other than as mentioned in pant (9) will remain open as per normal working hours with 25% of strength. Head of the Departments shall prepare a duty roster