"COMPLETE CURFEW" In Ahmedabad From Friday Night To Monday Morning.

Gujarat's Ahmedabad city will go under “complete curfew” from Friday night till Monday morning with only shops selling milk and medicines remaining open, in view of the steep rise in Covid-19 cases after Diwali, and night curfew will continue thereafter.

The decision came hours after Additional Chief Secretary, forest and environment Rajiv Kumar Gupta, who is in charge of the Covid situation in Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC), announced an indefinite night curfew from Friday.

Gupta said, “After reviewing corona situation late night, it has been decided that ‘complete curfew’ shall be imposed from Friday 9 pm till Monday 6 am in Ahmedabad city. During this period, only shops selling milk and medicines shall be permitted to remain open.”

It was also decided to add 1,300 more Covid beds to the existing capacity in the government(900) and private(400) hospitals in the city, taking the total number of beds for Covid care in the city to 8,800. Ahmedabad city reported three deaths and 230 fresh cases of coronavirus on Thursday, out of total 1,340 cases and seven deaths in the state.

The Gujarat government also decided to put on hold the reopening of schools and colleges from November 23. “We have withdrawn the decision to reopen schools and colleges from November 23 for the time being. It will be decided in due course,” Education Minister Bhupendrasinh Chudasama.