No intention to restart casinos amid Covid: Goa CM Pramod Sawant

PANAJI: CM Pramod Sawant said on Monday that the state government has no intention of restarting casino operations in view of the Covid pandemic.
“Till now, there is no decision on restarting casino operations in the state,” he said. The state government on Sunday extended the state-level curfew till August 16, to control the spread of Covid-19 in Goa. However, there are no additional relaxations in the curfew order.
There are six offshore casinos and dozens of onshore casinos operating in the state. It has been three months that the casinos have been shut in the state. The state government, in its last curfew order, had allowed bars and restaurants to continue operations till 11pm at 50% capacity.
The state has continued to make mandatory a negative Covid RT-PCR report for those entering the state from Kerala.
What remains closed in the revised curfew are casinos, auditoriums, river cruises, spa and massage parlors, cinema halls and multiplexes, educational and coaching institutions for students (except for examinations of students and holding competitive examinations with approval of the government).