Punjab Allows Places Of Worship To Open From June 8 In Lockdown5

Punjab Allows Places Of Worship To Open From June 8 In Lockdown5
Chandigarh:

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 Maharashtra

65168

34890

28081

2197

Andhra Pradesh

3569

1220

2289

60

Karnataka

2922

1877

997

48

Goa

70

29

41

0

Tamil Nadu

21184

9024

12000

160

Kerala

1208

624

575

9

Chhattisgarh

447

344

102

1

Telangana

2499

1010

1412

77

Odisha

1819

762

1050

7

Madhya Pradesh

7891

3104

4444

343

Gujarat

16343

6106

9230

1007

Rajasthan

8617

2685

5739

193

Haryana

1923

932

971

20

Uttar Pradesh

7445

2834

4410

201

Delhi

18549

10058

8075

416

Assam

1185

1018

163

4

Sikkim

1

1

0

0

Bihar

3636

1998

1618

20

West Bengal

5130

2851

1970

309

Andaman And Nicobar Islands

33

0

33

0

Puducherry

51

37

14

0

Arunachal Pradesh

4

3

1

0

Nagaland

36

36

0

0

Dadra And Nagar Haveli

2

2

0

0

Jharkhand

563

302

256

5

Tripura

268

96

172

0

Ladakh

74

31

43

0

Jammu And Kashmir

2341

1405

908

28

Himachal Pradesh

313

197

111

5

Punjab

2233

222

1967

44

Uttarakhand

749

642

102

5

Manipur

62

54

8

0

Chandigarh

289

96

189

4

Meghalaya

27

14

12

1

Mizoram

1

0

1

0

Lakshadweep

0

0

0

0

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