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India

No Sunday curfew in Noida, Ghaziabad as active COVID-19 cases drop

New Delhi: The Yogi Adityanath government on Friday (August 20, 2021) announced that the weekly curfew on Sundays is being completely lifted within the the wake of drop by COVID-19 cases in Uttar Pradesh . In the wake of drop by COVID-19 cases within the state, the weekend curfew on Sunday won't be imposed anymore. The markets will open normally like weekdays,” ANI tweeted. According to the reports, the choice was taken in sight of the declining cases of COVID-19 within the state.
Politics

UP makes negative RT-PCR mandatory for those visiting from these states

Uttar Pradesh has said visitors from states like Maharashtra, Kerala and Tamil Nadu and people with a positivity rate of quite 3 per cent will need to show a negative RT-PCR report no older than four days, consistent with HT's sister publication Live Hindustan on Monday. aside from this, only those that have received two doses of the Covid-19 vaccine are going to be allowed to enter UP, the report added. Live Hindustan said chief minister Yogi Adityanath took the choice during the meeting of Team-9 officials on Sunday. Adityanath said that Covid-19 cases are surging in several states of the country. A negative RT-PCR report should be made mandatory for people coming to Uttar Pradesh from those states where the speed of corona positive is quite three per cent, which isn't quite four days ol...