Uttar Pradesh lifts Sunday lockdown as COVID-19 cases decrease, markets allowed to open

Uttar Pradesh has lifted the Sunday COVID-19 lockdown imposed in the state and the markets have also been allowed to open normally on weekdays.

Shivani
Published on: 20 Aug 2021 9:53 AM GMT
Uttar Pradesh lifts Sunday lockdown
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Uttar Pradesh lifts Sunday lockdown

The Yogi Adityanath-led government in Uttar Pradesh has lifted the Sunday lockdown imposed in the state. The decision was taken on Friday (August 20) after a meeting of CM's 'Team-9'.

Uttar Pradesh lifts Sunday lockdown

The state government has decided to lift weekend curfews and he markets have also been allowed to open normally on weekdays. The decision comes as the malls, markets and cinema halls were urging the Adityanath government to end the Sundal lockdown as it was affecting businesses. The government spokesman said that markets will now observe their earlier weekly closure on designated days.

"In the wake of drop in COVID-19 cases in the state, the weekend curfew on Sunday will not be imposed anymore. The markets will open normally like weekdays," ANI wrote in a tweet.

Earlier on August 11, the state had eased relaxations partially keeping improving COVID-19 situation in mind. Since August 14, the movement of people was allowed for Saturdays from 6 am-10 pm.

Uttar Pradesh is witnessing a declining trend in the number of COVID-19 cases. The state reported 29 new COVID-19 cases, 35 recoveries and 2 deaths.

Meanwhile, in a significant achievement, Uttar Pradesh has become the first state in the country to conduct carry out more than seven crore Covid-19 tests.

"The testing protocol by the World Health Organisation for Uttar Pradesh is 32,000 tests per day, whereas Covid testing in the state has averaged 2.5 lakh tests a day for the past few weeks," a government spokesperson said.

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