Assam: Positivity rate in Assam is 0.65%, curfew time reduced to six hours. Guwahati News – Times of India

GUWAHATI: The state government has reduced the curfew time to six hours (from 11 pm to 5 am). covid positivity rate 0.65% dropped on the post Durga Puja Festival. commercial establishment And offices have been allowed to remain open till 10 pm.
State Chief Secretary issued order jishnu letter Noted that the overall Covid scenario in the state has further improved. Earlier, the night curfew had started from 10 pm.
The latest order published on Tuesday notified that marriages and religious functions with at least 50 single-dose people are not allowed. A maximum of 50 people will be allowed to gather at the funeral as well.
Hotels and resorts have been allowed to operate till 10 pm, but the delivery of essential goods through e-commerce will continue round the clock.
Weekly haats and markets have been allowed to open in shifts of maximum six hours. Cinemas and theater halls are also allowed to function with 50% seating capacity of fully vaccinated audience with COVID appropriate behaviour.
In the case of religious places, 60 fully immunized people per hour are being allowed to visit ‘iconic places’. For other religious places this figure is 40. Only fully vaccinated pilgrims are allowed to enter the puja, read the order.
For educational institutions, the guidelines of September 28 issued by the education department of the state will be applicable.
all inter-district and inter district passenger transport And movement is allowed with 100% of passengers who have received at least one dose of the vaccine. Passengers will not be allowed to stand. Back riding is permitted on a motorcycle with at least one dose of vaccination.
“Daily new cases of Covid are hovering between 300 and 400, mostly reported from urban and peri-urban areas and most districts reporting less than 10 cases per day for the last 4-5 weeks,” the order Read. It added that the status of covid vaccination has improved significantly with 95% of the total eligible population in the state receiving the first dose, while the second dose vaccination has also increased to 31%.

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