Jammu and Kashmir Covid-19 guidelines: No weekend lockdown, night curfew relaxed by one hour, check here

Earlier, the night curfew in Jammu and Kashmir was from 9 pm till 6 am, which has now been reduced by one hour. 

Jammu: With daily COVID-19 cases on the decline, the Jammu and Kashmir State Executive Committee (SEC) on Sunday ended the weekend lockdown and gave one-hour relaxation in night curfew timings.

Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday recorded 1,151 new cases of coronavirus, the lowest in the past week, taking the infection tally to 4,46,648 while nine more deaths linked to the virus pushed the overall fatalities to 4,715.

The weekend lockdown on non-essential activities was initially announced on January 15. The next week, restrictions were imposed from Friday 2 pm for 64 hours, but again restricted to Saturday and Sunday on January 30 after the business community raised concern and demanded a review of the decision.