Gujarat revises Covid restrictions, extends night curfew. See other details here

Night curfew was already in force in eight major cities – Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Rajkot, Surat, Gandhinagar, Jamnagar, Bhavnagar and Junagadh. The curfew timings will be from 10 pm to 6 am.

Night curfew will be applicable in Anand and Nadiad also.

Only those people. are part of emergency servicesPregnant women, patients and their attendants and those traveling to catch flights, buses and trains will be allowed to move during the night curfew.

Shops and others professional Establishments in these cities can function till 10 pm, while home delivery of food is allowed till 11 pm.

The state government also announced that there will be no individual classes in the school for students of class 1 to class 9 till January 31. The state has asked schools to continue with online classes only.

The coaching centers for students above class 9 and for postgraduate courses as well as competitive examinations can run with 50% capacity, the official release said.

Across the state, sports complexes and stadiums are allowed to hold sporting events without spectators, while cinema halls, gymnasiums, water parks, swimming pools, libraries, auditoriums can operate with 50% capacity.

The government has said that people involved in such business activities, including owners and employees, should be fully vaccinated. Public parks in the state will remain closed after 10 pm.

The new guidelines state that not more than 400 persons are allowed to attend social, religious, educational, political or cultural events, including weddings, while the limit has been set at 100 for funerals and funerals.

Meanwhile, following representations made by lawyers, the Gujarat High Court on Friday decided to stop the physical hearing.

From Monday (January 10), the High Court “will function in virtual mode only through video-conferencing till further orders,” said a circular.

The move is aimed at preventing further spread of coronavirus infection.

According to the Health Department, 5,396 new cases of coronavirus have been registered in Gujarat since Thursday evening.