The Pramod Sawant government has extended the curfew COVID-induced curfew till August 16 morning.
KEY HIGHLIGHTS
- Goa registered 69 fresh coronavirus cases on August 8, 2021
- Goa to vaccinate all eligible beneficiaries by October 31: BJP chief
Panaji: The Pramod Sawant government has extended the curfew COVID-induced curfew till August 16 morning. The curfew was supposed to end today at 7 am.
As per the Goa government’s new order, the curfew will continue to remain in force till 7 am on August 16.
The details of the new order are yet to be passed.
Earlier, the Goa administration had lifted certain restrictions put in place and opened a majority of activities. However, many curbs are still in place to contain the coronavirus pandemic.
The auditoriums, spa and massage parlours, cinema halls, river cruises and water parks are yet to be thrown open for the public.
Notably, the coastal state, which is a major tourist attraction for both domestic and international travellers, has been registering around a hundred COVID-19 cases every day over the last few days.
Goa’s overall COVD caseload mounted to 1,71,883 on August 8 as 69 more were found affected with the deadly contagious virus. The fatality count reached 3,160 as one more person died due t the virus.
Meanwhile, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) lambasted the BJP government in Goa, saying that the Pramod Sawant administration has not formulated any plan to prevent the possible third wave of the coronavirus pandemic.
“The state government is not preparing appropriately for the impending third wave. The first week of August has seen almost 100 cases of COVID-19 infection daily, with two per cent positivity rate,” AAP’s Goa convenor Rahul Mhambre said in a statement.
The AAP further attacked the Sawant-led Goa government for failing to fulfil its promise of 100 per cent vaccinations against COVID-19 by July-end.
“The chief minister, who had very loudly proclaimed that 100 per cent vaccination target will be achieve by the month of July, has now moved the target to September…The Sawant government has not chalked out any plan on preventing the third wave from hitting the state or not made any announcements as to how they will prevent a repeat of the tragedy of the second wave,” Mhambre said.
Notably, state BJP chief Sadanand Shet Tanavade said that the state aims to complete COVID-19 vaccination of all eligible beneficiaries by October 31, 2021.
