Puducherry lockdown extended till 15th December

Curfew from 11 pm to 5 am; Health department will speed up vaccination from door to door

The COVID-19 lockdown in the Union Territory has been extended till midnight of 15th December.

Emphasizing the need to remain vigilant despite the fall in the number of infections, a government order by Ashok Kumar, member secretary of the state executive committee, said that a curfew would be imposed from 11 pm to 5 am, and all entertainment-related The meetings will continue. Forbidden.

The Health Department has been directed to conduct door-to-door immunization and increase the proportion of RTPCR tests as recommended by the Ministry of Health.

The order reiterated that government departments, private businesses, restaurants, bars and units in the hospitality sector should ensure vaccination of all eligible employees.

Places of worship will have to follow standard operating procedures, and restrict Visit till 10 pm

A maximum of 25 people can attend marriages in religious institutions and 100 people in community halls. Funerals must limit participants to 20.

People should wear masks, sanitize hands and follow physical distancing norms in public places.

The administration has also circulated a guideline from the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), in view of the emergence of the COVID-19 variant, Omicron, in some countries to extend nationwide COVID-19 containment measures as of December 31. has been extended to.

The MHA has also called upon the States/UTs to adopt a three-pronged surveillance strategy of screening and testing of international travelers and their contacts, regular sentinel and surge surveillance and timely dispatch of RT-PCR samples to designated genome sequencing laboratories.

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