Covid 19: Night curfew lifted; schools to reopen in this state
Jasleen Kaur
January 29th 2022 03:26 PM --
Updated:
January 29th 2022 03:31 PM
Bengaluru, January 29: The Karnataka Government on Saturday eased Covid-19 restrictions across the state and the night curfew will also be lifted from January 31.
Karnataka Education Minister BC Nagesh said all schools in Bengaluru were allowed to start offline classes from Monday with strict adherence to Covid 19-appropriate behaviour. Also, 50 per cent occupancy has been allowed in hotels, bars and pubs except cinema halls.
As many as 300 persons will be allowed at outdoor weddings while 200 members are allowed for indoor weddings. People entering the state from Maharashtra, Goa, Kerala will have to produce a Covid-19 negative certificate.
Easing Covid restrictions further, government offices across Karnataka have been allowed to work with 100 per cent capacity. Offering prayers at the temples has also been allowed. However, protests, sit-ins, religious congregations and political programmes remain prohibited.
Meanwhile, India reported 2,35,532 new Covid-19 cases and 871 deaths in the last 24 hours, said the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Saturday. As per government data, there was a decline in the daily positivity rate to 13.39 percent from 15.88 percent on Friday.
-PTC News