The Goa government on July 4 extended the COVID-19 curfew across the state by a week till July 12 but also announced a few relaxations in restrictions.
The state recorded 164 new cases on the day, taking its total tally to 167,436. It also registered 4 deaths, taking the fatality count to 3,073.
Relaxations were announced by state Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on July 4 and will remain in place till July 12.
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What is allowed?
- Social, political, cultural gatherings allowed for up to 100 people or 50 percent of venue capacity.
- Marriages and other congregations are also allowed for up to 100 people or 50 percent of venue capacity.
- Bars and restaurants are allowed to operate between 7 am and 9 pm with 50 percent capacity.
- Buses allowed to operate with 50 percent capacity only for particular duties and for medical emergencies.
- Medical shops, pharmacies and health services, and institutions are allowed to operate.
- Shops within municipal or panchayat premises allowed to operate between 7 am and 6 pm.
- Home delivery services allowed for all items, except liquor.
- Banks, insurance, customs clearance, ATMs, and microfinance institutions allowed to operate.
- Supply chain-related facilities for retail, e-commerce, cold storage, or warehousing facilities are allowed to operate.
- In-house canteen facilities in permitted organisations/companies allowed to operate only for in-house staff.
- Industries and related activities are allowed.
- Construction activities, including repair works and shops related to this work are allowed to operate.
- Agricultural and related activities are allowed.
What is not allowed?
- Night curfew will remain in effect. The curfew was first imposed on May 9 amid the second wave of coronavirus cases in the state and has been since periodically renewed.
- Indoor sports complexes, auditoriums, community halls, or similar places, will continue to remain shut during the curfew period.
- Casinos in the state will continue to remain shut for at least till July 12.
- River cruises, water parks, and entertainment parks will also continue to remain shut during the curfew period.
- Further, gyms, spas, massage parlours, cinema halls, theatres, and other establishments will not be allowed to open during the curfew period.
- All educational institutes, schools, colleges, and coaching institutes to remain shut for students, except for competitive examinations – subject to prior permission from authorities.
- Shops, weekly markets – except those specified, are also not allowed to open.
- Religious places are not too open for the public.
- Inter-state movement of people is also restricted with few exceptions such as for goods vehicles (two drivers and one helper) if the traveler has a negative COVID-19 test report (max 72 hours), or for medical emergencies.
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(With inputs from PTI)
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