Lucknow: Amid the rising number of Covid’s ne variant Omicron Cases, the Uttar Pradesh government on Friday re-imposed night curfew restrictions, among other fresh guidelines, in order to prevent a flare up of Covid-19 cases.
As per the new guidelines, the state government has also issued restrictions on guests at weddings, with only 200 people allowed as per Covid-19 protocols.
Night curfew will remain in force from 11 pm to 5 am.
With the emergence of the highly transmissible Omicron variant of Covid-19 in several parts of the country, Prime Minister Narendra Modi Thursday emphasised that the fight against the pandemic is not over and directed authorities to send teams from the Centre to states which are reporting a surge in cases and have insufficient health infrastructure.
Modi chaired a high-level meeting days ahead of the Christmas and New Year festive season and directed the officials that “we should be satark (alert) and saavdhan (attentive)” in view of the new variant. After a presentation by the health ministry, he directed the authorities to ensure heightened and close monitoring of emerging hotspots through effective surveillance of cases.
“The fight against the pandemic is not over, he (the Prime Minister) said, and the need for continued adherence to Covid safe behaviour is of paramount importance even today,” the Prime Minister’s Office said in a statement.
The Prime Minister also directed the officials to further accelerate the testing for quick identification of cases and for time containment and treatment, and specifically asked states to send adequate number of samples for genome sequencing in a prompt manner.
“Heightened and close monitoring of emerging clusters and hotspots through active, prompt and effective surveillance should continue. The focus should also be on effective contact tracing for curbing the spread of the transmission,” Modi told the officials, the PMO statement said.
Modi asked the officials to strengthen health systems at the district level to meet any challenge posed by the Omicron variant. He instructed them to ensure oxygen supply equipment are made fully functional and direct the states for effective use for teleconsultation.
“He directed the officials to work with the states on a regular basis and review the status of preparedness of various components of health infrastructure including training and capacity building of human resources, timely availability of ambulances, readiness of states to operationalise COVID facilities for institutional quarantining, and effective and supervised monitoring of those in home isolation,” the PMO said in a statement.
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