Mumbai: Goa CM Pramod Sawant on Friday announced that state-level curfew will be imposed from May 9 to May 23 as the COVID-19 positivity rate and death rate are increasing in the state.
A state-level curfew will be imposed in Goa from May 9 to 23, allowing essential services including medical supplies. Grocery stores will be allowed to remain open from 7 am – 1 pm, restaurant takeaway orders will be allowed from 7 am- 7 pm.
Goa CM Pramod Sawant said that a detailed order in this regard will be issued tomorrow.
“The state is witnessing increasing positivity rates and mortality. There is no dearth of oxygen and medicines in the state,” he said.
He said that the detailed order related to the state level curfew will be issued by 4 pm tomorrow.
Asked about the difference between the lockdown, which has called for industry captains and travel and tourism industry stakeholders and a state-level curfew that he plans to implement from May 9, he said: ” Both words (lockdown and curfew) mean the same.”
Sawant said, if someone is seen roaming the streets during curfew, the police will take action under punitive sections. No one should step out of home unnecessarily. Everyone should co-operate. Statewide curfew is needed to break the chain,” Sawant said.
Sawant said that the state administration would not even give permission for marriages during the curfew period, saying weddings tended to be super-spreader events. He also said that the state government was preparing infrastructure to tackle the third Covid wave.
(With ANI Inputs)
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