Asking people to follow the guidelines of Uttar Pradesh and Central Governments for preventing the spread of coronavirus, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said that people should cancel all religious and social functions till April 2.
The Chief Minister also ordered that the State-run hospitals provide only emergency services to avoid unnecessary crowding.
“Non-essential tests and OPD consultations should be postponed till March 31. This is being done to ensure there is no unnecessary crowding in hospitals,” he said.
“It is mandatory to observe social quarantine to prevent spread of coronavirus. People should follow the guidelines issued by the Union and state governments in letter and spirit,” Yogi said in a statement issued in Lucknow on Friday.
Yogi also appealed to all religious leaders to spread awareness about coronavirus and how dangerous it was.
“Religious and social functions should be deferred till April 2 and in case of marriages, the number of invitees should not be more than 10. Efforts should be made to minimise crowding at one venue. People should stay at their homes and avoid meeting people,” the chief minister said.
Yogi said that orders had been issued to intensify checking at bus and railway stations and in buses entering UP from different states.
“Important cities like Lucknow, Noida and Kanpur should be sanitised. Schools and colleges should remain closed and teachers and non-teaching staff too should not come to school till April 2,” he said.
“As far as possible, employees in private sector should work from home. Where it is possible, the system be made applicable in government offices too. Tehsil Diwas, Samadhan Diwas, Arogya Mela and Janata Darshan be cancelled till April 2,” he said.
The chief minister asked people to maintain restraint and not indulge in panic buying. He said the district magistrates would ensure that there was no black marketing and hoarding of essential commodities.
“The police have been asked to go for intensive patrolling across the state to ensure that people do not gather at one place,” Yogi said.