Govt bans all political and social functions from today

Thiruvananthapuram: The government has decided to halt the functioning of bars, outlets of the Kerala state beverages corporation, cinema halls, malls, gymnasiums, sports complexes, swimming pools and entertainment parks until further orders, from Tuesday. The restrictions are being enforced in the wake of increasing Covid-19 cases.
The government also banned all social, political, cultural and religious functions and gatherings until further orders.
As part of the restrictions, the government has decided to cap the number of persons who are allowed to participate in marriages to 50 and those allowed to participate in funerals at 20.
All marriages should be registered in advance in Covid-19 Jagratha portal. In religious places, a maximum of 50 persons will be allowed, and they should maintain 2metre distance.
Only election-related counting arrangements, essential and emergency services shall be allowed on May 1 and 2. Only officials on election duty, candidates, counting agents and media persons will be allowed at the counting centres on May 2. It is mandatory for the above category of people to produce the final vaccination certificate after taking two doses of vaccination or a negative RT-PCR test report obtained within 72 hours prior to the counting.
Only essential and emergency services will be permitted on Saturdays and Sundays. Saturdays will continue to remain a holiday for all government and quasi-government offices and PSUs until further orders. All the shops and restaurants will be closed by 7.30pm. However, all takeaway and home delivery systems can continue up to 9pm.
Control rooms for guest labourers have been set up in all districts. Guest workers have been asked to continue to work wherever they are.
All primary sector activities, including agriculture, plantation, animal husbandry, dairying, fisheries, forestry, etc, and all the secondary sectors like the industries, MSMEs, etc, and construction will be allowed to continue by strictly following the Covid protocol.
The work under MNREGS also has been allowed to continue. All the government departments have been asked to function with essential staff only, that will be decided by the concerned head of the departments or the secretaries.
Essential services like health, revenue, disaster management, police, local self-government government, labour and food and civil supplies have been asked to continue functioning without any exemption. The government has also strictly instructed that all meetings — public and private — should be conducted in online mode alone.