Unlock 4: Metro trains will operate from September 7 in a staggered manner
New Delhi:
Subway train services can be gradually resumed from September 7 and social and other functions will be allowed with a 100-person limit, the central government said on Saturday, announcing new steps to ease COVID restrictions. -19 as part of the fourth phase. unlocking.
Schools, universities, swimming pools and covered theaters will be closed. This phase, called “Unblocking 4”, will be in effect until September 30.
The latest set of guidelines for Unlock 3 that arrived on July 30 ended with a nightly curfew and allowed the opening of gyms and yoga institutes that are not in containment zones. Restrictions were maintained in all other areas that involve large gatherings, be it educational institutions, public parks or movie theaters.
Coronavirus cases have risen steadily across India, with around 70,000 new infections each day, with the total number of cases crossing 34 lakh behind the United States and Brazil. More than 62,000 people have died in the country so far.
The country has been posting the world’s highest daily increase in coronavirus numbers since the beginning of this month. Over the past four days, there has been an increase in the number of daily new cases, the positivity rate and the “R” or reproduction rate, the measure of how many people are infected by one infected person.
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