Offices and shops in Haryana to remain closed on weekends due to spike in COVID cases
Chandigarh:
Haryana Home and Health minister Anil Vij
on Friday said all
offices and
shops, except those providing essential services, will
remain
closed
on every Saturday and Sunday
in the wake of increase
in COVID-19 cases
in the state.
“All
offices and
shops except essential will
remain
closed
in
Haryana
on every Saturday and Sunday
due
to #COVID-19,” Vij said
in a tweet.
He later told PTI that the decision was taken as cases during past few days have registered a sudden increase.
“We have taken this decision as there has been a sudden increase
in cases,” Vij said.
The
shops and
offices
in the state, except those dealing with essential services, will
remain
closed
on Saturday and Sunday till further orders
in this regard, the minister said.
During the past couple of weeks,
Haryana has registered a big
spike
in cases. The infection tally has crossed 51,000-mark with around 600 fatalities.
The state had
on Thursday registered its highest single-day
spike of 996 coronavirus cases, just a day after it recorded 994 infections.