NE NEWS SERVICE
AHMEDABAD, NOV 22
With a 57-hour curfew imposed in Ahmedabad due to a spike in COVID-19 cases coming to an end on Monday morning, Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani in a Facebook address on Sunday said there will only be night curfew in four cities, including Ahmedabad, from here on.
CM Shri @vijayrupanibjp addressing people on the Corona situation in the state.
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— CMO Gujarat (@CMOGuj) November 22, 2020
In his address, the CM asked the public to strictly follow COVID-19 protocols like wearing masks and maintaining social distance when going out during the day and to stay indoors between 9 pm and 6 am in Ahmedabad, Surat, Rajkot, and Vadodara.
He said people in other parts of the state should also follow the guidelines strictly and avoid going out in the evenings without any urgent need.
The CM asked the youth to avoid hanging out at paan shops, tea stalls, etc, adding that the young tend to recover from the infection quickly but may put elders in the household at risk.
A 57-hour long curfew was imposed in Ahmedabad from Friday night.
Thanking the citizens of Ahmedabad for making the curfew a success, Rupani said that starting Monday, only night curfew will be imposed in the city.
“From tomorrow (November 23), only night curfew will be imposed, which began in three cities (Surat, Vadodara, and Rajkot) from last (Saturday) night. From tomorrow, there will only be night curfew (in these four cities),” he said.
Rupani said the decision to impose the night curfew was taken due to the spike in coronavirus cases, adding that there was a rise not just in Ahmedabad but in other cities nationwide after Diwali, and asked people to support the government”s efforts fully.
The police will impose a fine of Rs 1,000 for mask violations, the CM reminded the people.
Rupani assured people there were a sufficient number of beds in hospitals to tackle the rise in infection numbers.
The Central Team also interacted with Corona patients and Superintendents of Ahmedabad, Surat, Vadodara and Rajkot Civil Hospitals from the CM Dashboard in Gandhinagar and expressed satisfaction with the innovative initiative of monitoring COVID19-care in the state. pic.twitter.com/LNGCpW8QiB
— CMO Gujarat (@CMOGuj) November 22, 2020
Central team tours 3 cities, praises Govt measures
A Central team visiting Gujarat to review the COVID-19 situation met Chief Minister Vijay Rupani and Deputy Chief Minister Nitin Patel on Sunday after touring Ahmedabad, Vadodara, and Mehsana.
The three-member team, led by National Centre for Disease Control’s Director Sujeet Kumar Singh, expressed satisfaction at measures being taken to tackle the increasing COVID-19 cases in the state, said a government release.
“The team expressed satisfaction over the successful experiment of Dhanvantari Arogyarath in Gujarat and said the model could be replicated in other states as well. The team particularly praised measures such as home isolation, area-specific surveillance, and systematic monitoring put in place in Gujarat,” said the release.
It expressed complete satisfaction with the rapid tracing and treatment follow-up by coordinating the house-to-house survey with Dhanvantari Rath, which has largely controlled community transmission, the release added.
Singh said the feedback received from ASHA workers, female health workers and citizens was satisfactory, adding that examples of patients in Gujarat benefiting from yoga- pranayama and AYUSH methods in the post-COVID condition can be imitated in other states.
