Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Saturday extended the ongoing Covid-19 related curfew till July 5.
As Goa keeps implementing hard covid guideline rules unlike most other states, Goa has extended the lockdown further till July5.
Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Saturday extended the ongoing Covid-19 related curfew till July 5. The curfew was first imposed on May 9 this year and has been extended several times since then.
"Government of Goa has decided to extend the State Level Curfew till 7 AM, July 05, 2021," CM Pramod Sawant said.
According to the health department, a total of 235 new COVID-19 cases and five deaths on Saturday were reported while 293 patients recovered. However, the Chief Minister had relaxed the restrictions last week to improve the economic situation of the state. Sawant had said that all stores and shops can operate in Goa from 7 am to 3 pm per day.
Goa CM Pramod Sawant said that COVID-19 testing has been ramped up at the borders of Goa as a precautionary measure after cases of the Delta plus variant of Coronavirus were reported in the neighbouring state.
Addressing reporters at the Keri-Sattari border adjoining Karnataka, Sawant said testing facilities have been roped up as a precaution against the new strain of COVID-19 and agreements have also been signed with private laboratories for the same.
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