CHANDIGARH: To check the spiralling number of COVID-19 cases, the Haryana government on Friday announced that a lockdown will be imposed in nine districts over the weekend.
The weekend curfew will come into force at 10 pm on Friday and remain effective till 5 am on Monday, an official order stated.
The districts where the curfew will be in force are Gurgaon, Faridabad, Panchkula, Sonipat, Rohtak, Karnal, Hisar, Sirsa and Fatehabad, according to the order.
"The COVID-19 pandemic is again posing a threat to public health.
The Haryana government has considered it necessary to take effective measures to prevent its spread in the state.," the order read.
"There will be a weekend lockdown starting from 10 pm on April 30 (Friday) till 5 am on May 3 (Monday)," it said.
Residents must stay indoors during the lockdown period.
No person shall leave their home or move on foot, in a vehicle, or stand, or roam around in any public place during the lockdown period, it added.
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Those exempted from the curfew are people tasked with law and order, emergencies and municipal service duties and government machinery tasked with COVID-19 related duties.
There shall be no curbs on those engaged in manufacturing of essential goods and movement of both essential and non-essential goods and people appearing for exams.
Haryana had on Thursday recorded the biggest single-day spike of 97 COVID-19 fatalities that took the toll to 4,118, while 13,947 fresh cases pushed the total tally to 4,74,145, according to a health department bulletin.