Punjab Government Announces Daily Night Curfew, Full Lockdown On Weekend; Check Timings

“Due to continuous & rapid rise of #Covid19 cases in Punjab, Cabinet today has decided to impose daily lockdown from 6 PM to 5 AM and weekend lockdown from Friday 6 PM to Monday 5 AM. Urge you all to stay at home & step out only if absolutely necessary. Seek your full cooperation,” he tweeted.

A police personnel checks the movement of commuters during the lockdown imposed by the state government as a preventive measure against the spread of Covid-19 coronavirus in Amritsar on April 25, 2021. Narinder NANU / AFP

Chandigarh: The Punjab Government has decided to impose daily lockdown from 6 p.m. to 5 p.m. and weekend lockdown from Friday 6 p.m. to Monday 5 a.m. in view of the continuous and rapid rise of Covid-19 cases, Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh said on Monday.

“Due to continuous & rapid rise of #Covid19 cases in Punjab, Cabinet today has decided to impose daily lockdown from 6 PM to 5 AM and weekend lockdown from Friday 6 PM to Monday 5 AM. Urge you all to stay at home & step out only if absolutely necessary. Seek your full cooperation,” he tweeted.

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Due to continuous &amp; rapid rise of <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Covid19?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel='nofollow'>#Covid19</a> cases in Punjab, Cabinet today has decided to impose daily lockdown from 6 PM to 5 AM and weekend lockdown from Friday 6 PM to Monday 5 AM. Urge you all to stay at home &amp; step out only if absolutely necessary. Seek your full cooperation. <a href="https://t.co/gS4TFlw5lZ" rel='nofollow'>pic.twitter.com/gS4TFlw5lZ</a></p>&mdash; Capt.Amarinder Singh (@capt_amarinder) <a href="https://twitter.com/capt_amarinder/status/1386686935033253889?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel='nofollow'>April 26, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Depleting oxygen supplies in the state  forced Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Sunday to send another SOS letter to Union Health and Family Welfare Minister Harsh Vardhan for urgent increase in allocation of quota.

Responding to Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh's plea for help in the war-like Covid situation, the Western Command of the Indian Army on Monday extended all possible help, including medical staff and medically trained combatants, to the state to meet the exigent shortage in hospital, along with support in reviving the oxygen plants that are currently lying defunct, reported ANI

Punjab on Sunday reported over 7,000 cases,

The Chief Minister directed the Health Department to follow up with the Centre for vaccine supplies as the state presently had only 1.76 lakh Covishield and 22,000 Covaxin doses in stock.

Health Secretary Hussan Lal disclosed that in response to directives from the Chief Minister, 2,000 beds would be added to strengthen the L2 and L3 bed capacity in government and private hospitals.

While 900 beds would be added to Government Medical Colleges in Patiala, Amritsar and Faridkot (Jalalabad), 542 would be added to Private Medical Colleges. The District Hospitals will get another 300 L2 beds, while 250 beds would be placed at a temporary hospital near the Bathinda refinery.

Reacting to reports of threats of strike by certain organisations of health and medical workers, the Chief Minister made it clear that threats will be met with dismissal "as we cannot tolerate this kind of nonsense in a war-like situation.", reported IANS.