Dehradun: Amid a sudden spike in COVID-19 cases, all stores except those that sell essentials will remain closed in Dehradun on Sunday. Earlier this week, tThe Dehradun district administration had issued an order to strictly close the markets on Sundays for sanitation purposes.
Later, an official from the Uttarakhand Chief Minister’s Office clarified that there will be no weekend closure in the state capital. “The word ‘closure’ should not be confused with ‘confinement’ which is technically different,” he said.
Speaking to ANI, Dehradun District Magistrate Ashish Shrivastav said restrictions should be imposed as COVID19 cases are increasing in the city.
Stores that sell basic products such as fruits and vegetables and medicines, gasoline pumps and LPG agencies will be outside the scope of the Sunday closing.
Meanwhile, Uttarakhand’s COVID-19 count rose to 73,527 after the detection of 530 new cases, while five more patients succumbed to the infection, bringing the death toll to 1,201, according to a health department bulletin. of the state.
Deharadun District reported a maximum of 168 new COVID-19 cases, followed by Nainital (69), Champawat (45), Haridwar (43), Pauri (40), Chamoli (38), Udham Singh Nagar (33), Pithoragarh (25), Almora (22), Rudraprayag (20), Tehri (11), Uttarkashi (8) and Bageshwar (8), according to the bulletin. Also read: ‘Highly speculative’ to say that the coronavirus did not arise in China: WHO expert
A total of 66,855 patients with the new coronavirus have recovered in Uttarakhand, 659 migrated out of state and 4,812 are in treatment. Also read – COVID-19: All of Delhi can be inoculated within 3-4 weeks after vaccine availability, says Satyendar Jain
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