Night Curfew In Kerala From Today Amid Surge In Coronavirus Cases

"Restriction on non-essential activities and movement at night between 9 pm and 5 am shall come into force from 9 pm of April 20," said the government order issued by the Chief Secretary

Night curfew for two weeks will be imposed in Kerala amid the recent surge in COVID-19 cases across the state. The decision was taken by a core committee of COVID-19 management headed, by the Kerala Chief Secretary, on Monday. "Restriction on non-essential activities and movement at night between 9pm and 5 am shall come into force from 9 pm of April 20. No gatherings of any kind shall be permitted between 9 pm and 5 am. Essential services (medical stores, hospitals, fuel stations, night shift employees, milk, newspaper, media etc), goods transportation and public transportation are exempted from the night restriction," said the government order issued by the Chief Secretary. The order said that tuition centers shall only function through online medium and should not hold physical classes while all malls and cinema theatres have been asked to reschedule their timings to close by 7.30 pm. "All meetings, training events and other programs under allgovernment departments, organisations shall be held through the onlinemedium as far as possible. All places of worship must limit publicparticipation with a minimum number of priests, managers, and othersemployed in those places of worship. All regular worship and festivalsmay be broadcast online," the order said.