Covid-19: Tripura extends night curfew to many areas
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Tripura: With the surge in coronavirus cases in Tripura, the state government on Monday decided to extend night curfew to all local and urban bodies and Nagar panchayat areas as well as the number of hours under it, officials said. Tripura chief secretary, Manoj Kumar on Monday passed the order which said that the night curfew will be in force indefinitely from Tuesday.
The government on Monday decided to clamp the night curfew in all civic body areas of the state from 6 pm to 5 am the next day. Earlier, night curfew was clamped in Agartala Municipal Corporation areas from 10 pm to 5 am Emergency services like medical services and the media have been exempted from the purview of the night curfew, the order said. Law Minister Ratan Lal Nath, who is also the cabinet spokesperson said though the coronavirus situation in Tripura was better than in any other states in the country, the number of virus-infected patients was increasing day by day.
