On August 29, The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) released fresh guidelines for ‘Unlock 4.0’ which will begin on September 1 until September 30. The Uttar Pradesh government too on August 31 said that it would relax the curbs on metro rail, sports and social gatherings among other activities in a phase-wise manner starting from the first week of September but lockdown in containment zones shall remain in force till 30 September.
Additional Chief Secretary (Home) Awanish Awasthi on September 1 said, "The chief minister has instructed that there will be no weekly closure on Saturdays, and shops can remain open from 9 am to 9 pm."
"However, shops will remain closed on Sundays from midnight of Saturday to midnight of Sunday," he said.
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Here is what will be allowed in Uttar Pradesh:
>>Metro trains will be allowed to resume from September 7 in a phased manner, an official order said. For this, the standard operating procedure will be issued separately.
>>Open-air theatres will be allowed to open from September 21.
>>Online and distant learning will be encouraged, Uttar Pradesh chief secretary RK Tiwari said.
>>Social and religious congregations of up to 100 people are also permissible from September 21.
>>Shops in Uttar Pradesh will remain closed only on Sundays, instead of the two-day weekend lockdown, the state government said. No weekly closure on Saturdays, and shops can remain open from 9 am to 9 pm. However, shops will remain closed on Sundays from midnight of Saturday to midnight of Sunday. Follow our LIVE blog for the latest updates of the novel coronavirus pandemic
Here's what will continue to remain restricted in the state:
Cinema halls, swimming pools, entertainment parks, theatre, auditorium and similar places will remain closed.
All schools, colleges and educational institutes in Uttar Pradesh will remain closed till September 30, the state government said.
International air travel of passengers, except as permitted by the MHA. The Indian Aviation regulator DGCA said that, the suspension of scheduled international passenger flights has also been extended till September 30. “However, international scheduled flights may be allowed on selected routes by the competent authority on a case-to-case basis,” noted the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) in a circular.
On August 30, a total of 6,233 new coronavirus cases and 67 deaths were reported from Uttar Pradesh in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of cases in the state to 2,25,632, informed the state's health department.
The total number of active COVID-19 cases is 54,666, while 1,67,543 patients have recovered so far.
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