Covid Surge: All Shops To Shut By 6 PM In Gurugram Every Day, ‘Essential Categories’ Exempted

The order issued by Gurugram District Magistrate Yash Garg, however, excludes shops coming in the “essential categories”. The order exempts pharmaceutical and grocery shops while granting the restaurants permission to operate only for home delivery.

Covid crisis in Gurugram, Haryana. (Representative Image)

Gurugram: In the wake of the rising coronavirus cases across the country and Haryana recording the highest single day spike of 4,319 cases on Friday, the Gurugram district administration has issued an order directing all shops, including shopping malls, plazas and community markets, to close by 6 p.m. every day.

The order issued by Gurugram District Magistrate Yash Garg, however, excludes shops coming in the “essential categories”.

The order exempts pharmaceutical and grocery shops while granting the restaurants permission to operate only for home delivery.

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Earlier on Thursday, the state government had announced several restrictions, including the closure of shops by 6 pm and a ban on all non-essential gatherings, in a bid to control the spread of the infection.

“All shops will remain closed from 6 pm onward in Haryana from Tomorrow, all non essential gatherings are banned, anybody holding any function within prescribed limit will have to seek permission from concerned SDM,” Haryana’s Home and Health Minister Anil Vij tweeted on Thursday.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">All shops will remain closed from 6 pm onward in Haryana from Tomorrow, all non essential gatherings are banned, anybody holding any function within prescribed limit will have to seek permission from concerned SDM.</p>&mdash; ANIL VIJ MINISTER HARYANA (@anilvijminister) <a href="https://twitter.com/anilvijminister/status/1385156876438884354?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel='nofollow'>April 22, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

In order to contain the recent surge in Covid-19 cases of infections across Haryana, the state government had recently imposed night curfew in the state.

Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar had earlier on Tuesday said that the Covid-19 situation in Haryana was under control, adding the government was not considering the option of imposing lockdown in the state.

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Khattar, however, added that the state health department was on high alert and adequate health infrastructure was available to treat Covid-19 patients in hospitals.