The Punjab government on Sunday issued fresh guidelines for the next phase of lockdown, starting on June 1 and allowed the opening of places of worship besides hotels, restaurants and shopping malls from June 8.
The new guidelines also said the lockdown provisions, however, will remain in force in containment zones till June 30.
The new guidelines came a day after Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Saturday announced a four-week extension of the lockdown till June 30 in Punjab.
As per the guidelines issued by the Punjab Home Affairs and Justice Department, the movement of individuals for the non-essential activities shall remain prohibited from 9 pm to 5 am.
Cinema halls, gymnasiums, swimming pools, entertainment parks, theatres, bars, assembly halls would continue to stay shut while all social, political, sports, cultural, academic and religious gatherings would continue to remain prohibited, the guidelines said.
As far as marriage-related gatherings are concerned, guests not exceeding 50 would be allowed while up to 20 people would be allowed to attend funeral or last rites, the guidelines stipulated.
As per the guidelines, religious places or places of worship, hotels, restaurants (in-dine service) and shopping malls will remain closed till June 7.
The state government, however, based on standard operating procedure of the Union ministry of health, would issue SOP before June 8 for their opening, they said.
There would be no restriction on interstate movement of people and it would require no separate permission or e-permit.
However, use of COVA app and self-generated "e-pass" would be mandatory, the guidelines said.
Schools and colleges besides other educational and coaching institutes would continue to remain shut, the guidelines said, while allowing liquor vends to remain open from 8 am to 8 pm.
The interstate movement of buses will be allowed with mutual consent of the state and subject to the compliance of the Transport Department''s SOP.
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State & District Details
State Cases Active Recovered Deaths Maharashtra65168
34890
28081
2197
Andhra Pradesh3569
1220
2289
60
Karnataka2922
1877
997
48
Goa70
29
41
0
Tamil Nadu21184
9024
12000
160
Kerala1208
624
575
9
Chhattisgarh447
344
102
1
Telangana2499
1010
1412
77
Odisha1819
762
1050
7
Madhya Pradesh7891
3104
4444
343
Gujarat16343
6106
9230
1007
Rajasthan8617
2685
5739
193
Haryana1923
932
971
20
Uttar Pradesh7445
2834
4410
201
Delhi18549
10058
8075
416
Assam1185
1018
163
4
Sikkim1
1
0
0
Bihar3636
1998
1618
20
West Bengal5130
2851
1970
309
Andaman And Nicobar Islands33
0
33
0
Puducherry51
37
14
0
Arunachal Pradesh4
3
1
0
Nagaland36
36
0
0
Dadra And Nagar Haveli2
2
0
0
Jharkhand563
302
256
5
Tripura268
96
172
0
Ladakh74
31
43
0
Jammu And Kashmir2341
1405
908
28
Himachal Pradesh313
197
111
5
Punjab2233
222
1967
44
Uttarakhand749
642
102
5
Manipur62
54
8
0
Chandigarh289
96
189
4
Meghalaya27
14
12
1
Mizoram1
0
1
0
Lakshadweep0
0
0
0
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