Guwahati: “Weekend lockdown and night curfew have been lifted…” stated Kumar Sanjay Krishna, chief secretary of Assam in a tweet on Friday.
Taking to Twitter, Krishna sought to announce the news stating, “Weekend lockdown and night curfew have been lifted, however, please adhere to all the COVID-19 protocols to keep yourself and others around you safe.”
Weekend lockdown and night curfew have been lifted , however, please adhere to all the COVID-19 protocols to keep yourself and others around you safe.@CMOfficeAssam @himantabiswa @assampolice
— Kumar Sanjay Krishna (@KrSanjayKrishna) September 4, 2020
To check the community spread of the virus, Assam Government last month had clamped the lockdown on Saturday and Sunday, with the movement of people prohibited during the night. The night curfew was given from 9.30 pm to 5.30 am to restrict the movement of people so that they might not add to the increasing numbers of COVID-19 cases.
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This decision comes in a time when Assam has been witnessing a rise in COVID-19 positive cases with a total of 330 reported deaths. on Thursday a total of 3,054 COVID-19 positive cases were detected in the state with 735 cases from Kamrup (Metro), 198 cases from Dibrugarh, 192 from Cachar, and 176 from Hojai. The total active cases in the state are at 27,303.
The secretary’s tweet has got various mixed reactions from Twitterati as many are taking this to be a wrong decision in the part of the state government.
Why the decision is taken now when cases are increasing rapidly each day ???
— Habibul Bepari (حبیبول) (@habibul_bepari) September 4, 2020
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This is the most unfortunate decision taken by Assam Govt. in the fight against Covid. This will cause more harm than good.
— Alok Chakraborty (@Alok3161) September 4, 2020
And what are the Protocols?? To wear mask and maintain Social Distancing? Well everyone knows tht but hrdly few of them really follows it ..Not a wise decision to lift the weekend lockdown and night curfews.Positivity rate will increase now for sure.
— Anurag Dhar (@AnuragDhar20) September 4, 2020