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Lockdown To Be Imposed In UP On Sunday, ₹1,000 Fine For People Seen Without Masks

Mumbai: The Uttar Pradesh government has announced a complete lockdown on Sunday across the state amid the rise in COVID-19 cases. The government said that people seen without masks will have to pay a ₹1,000 fine.

However, UP is one of the 10 states that have shown a steep rise in daily new COVID-19 cases accounting for 79.10 per cent of the new infections.

Earlier, the curfew timings were from 9 pm to 6 am but now the timings are revised. The curfew will now begin at 8 pm and end at 7 am.

The Uttar Pradesh government has also closed all schools till May 15 and postponed board exams.

In an online meeting chaired by UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said it was also decided that a case would be filed against the hospitals that refuse admission to Covid19 patients.

Meanwhile, Uttar Pradesh had on Thursday registered 22,439 fresh COVID-19 cases, its highest-single day spike in cases since the outbreak of the pandemic in 2020.

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