Further relaxing Covid restrictions, the Uttar Pradesh government allowed the assembly of over 100 people in wedding and religious functions in open space but said that Covid norms would have to be followed in letter and in spirit.
In the fresh government guideline issued here on Tuesday, Additional Chief Secretary (Home) Awanish Kumar Awasthi said that following improvement in the Covid situation, the government had decided to relax the previous orders on assembly of people in functions in open spaces.
“Now, over 100 people can assemble during the wedding and religious functions in open space,” Awasthi said in his order. But he stressed compliance with the Covid protocol which includes wearing masks, hand sanitisation and social distancing.
Earlier, the government had restricted the assembly of 100 guests at a wedding function in an open area.
Meanwhile, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said that the 'Trace, Test and Treat' policy of the state government had proved successful in controlling the novel coronavirus infection. He instructed the officials concerned to effectively continue the arrangements for prevention and treatment of COVID-19.
The chief minister was reviewing the COVID-19 situation in the state at a high-level meeting convened at Lok Bhawan here today. In the meeting, the chief minister was apprised that 18 new cases of coronavirus infection were reported in the state in the last 24 hours.
During this period, 14 COVID-19 patients were discharged after successful treatment. At present, the number of active cases of coronavirus infection in the state is 177.
Aligarh, Amethi, Amroha, Auraiya, Ayodhya, Budaun, Baghpat, Ballia, Balrampur, Barabanki, Bijnor, Chandauli, Chitrakoot, Fatehpur, Ghazipur, Gonda, Hamirpur, Hapur, Hardoi, Hathras, Kanpur Dehat, Kasganj, Mahoba, Mirzapur, Moradabad, Muzaffarnagar, Rampur, Sant Kabir Nagar, Shamli, Shravasti and Sonbhadra districts have no COVID-19 case.
The recovery rate of coronavirus infection in the state is 98.7 per cent. In the last 24 hours, 1,74,632 Covid tests were conducted in the state. Till now 7.81 crore Covid tests have been conducted in the state.
Giving instructions to officials to continue Covid vaccination work with full force, the chief minister said that the vaccine was an important protective shield in the prevention of coronavirus infection.
In the meeting, the chief minister was apprised that Covid vaccination was going on at a fast pace in the state and more than 10.39 crore doses of the Covid vaccine had been administered in the state so far. The chief minister said that people who had taken the first dose of the Covid vaccine should be motivated to take the second dose on time.