The restrictions under “Unlock” due to coronavirus pandemic will be extended till September 30, announced the Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of Jharkhand on Friday.
The next phase of lockdown dubbed as ‘Unlock’ by the Government will come along with added relaxations in the existing lockdown norms. Based on Union Ministry directives, the State government too issued fresh directives imposing restrictions. Chief Minister Hemant Soren in his tweet on Friday said the State Government has issued fresh Unlock directives till September 30. Soren in his tweet has once again stressed on maintaining social distance, but bonding through hearts.
As per the State Government’s Unlock guidelines social, political, sports, entertainment, academic, cultural, religious functions and other large congregations will remain prohibited. Putting a full stop on all types of speculations the movement of inter-State buses will remain prohibited. Schools/Colleges and coaching institutes will remain prohibited till September 30.
The guidelines also state that cinema halls, gymnasiums, swimming pools, entertainment parks, theatres, bars, auditoriums, assembly halls and similar places will be closed till September 30.
The Government’s fresh directives issued by Chief Secretary Sukhdev Singh also states all religious institutions will be closed barring those specially permitted by Supreme Court. This week, the Jharkhand government decided to allow Baba Baidyanath Dham of Deoghar and the Basukinath temple in Dumka to reopen for darshan for four hours a day but only for residents of the state. The two temples were opened as per directives of Apex Court.
Meanwhile, 1,137 fresh corona cases were traced in Jharkhand on Friday. With 1,137 fresh cases the total cases have gone up to 35,813. At the same time 11 deaths were reported from different parts of the State.
The total deaths in the State have gone up to 389. The number of active case in Jharkhand as per health delartment bulletin has gone up to 11,286, while the recovered case has gone up to 24138. On Friday 639 persons were discharged from hospital after they won the battle against the infection. East Singhbhum tops with maximum casualties accounting for 165 deaths till Friday, followed by Ranchi where 58 persons have lost their lives. However in terms of cases Ranchi tops the State with 6912 corona cases.