Karnataka Eases COVID-19 Restrictions, Permits Cinema Theatres To Function
Coronavirus: Karnataka additional comfy the COVID-19 similar lockdown norms. (Document)
Bengaluru:
The Karnataka govt on Sunday additional comfy the COVID-19 similar lockdown norms, permitting cinema theatres to open and decreased the length of night time curfew by means of one hour from July 19.
Upper tutorial establishments like schools and universities had been additionally given the nod to start out from July 26.
A choice to this impact was once taken at a gathering chaired by means of Leader Minister B S Yediyurappa with senior ministers and officers at his place of abode right here. An respectable observation stated cinema theatres can be allowed to perform with 50 p.c occupancy after adhering to COVID-19 protocols.
On reopening schools and universities, the federal government stated handiest those that have taken no less than one dose of vaccine might be allowed to wait their tasks and categories.
The federal government had imposed restrictions since April 27 and it was once made stringent from Would possibly 10 because the COVID-19 day by day tally exceeded 50,000 instances on Would possibly 5, whilst lively instances had been over six lakh on Would possibly 15.
The norms had been comfy from June 14, eased additional on June 21 and once more on July 5. Evening curfew, which was once from 7 PM to five PM was once additional comfy by means of two hours from July Five and was once in pressure from nine PM to five AM. From Monday, it is going to be in pressure from 10 PM to five AM. The federal government comfy the norms after the Covid instances got here down considerably. The state reported 1,869 recent infections, 42 deaths and 30,082 lively instances on Saturday.
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