On Thursday, the Gujarat government announced a night curfew in two cities – Ahmedabad and Vadodara. The night curfew will be imposed from February 18 to February 25 between 12 am till 5 am.
Earlier, the government had imposed a night curfew in eight cities – Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Surat, Rajkot, Bhavnagar, Jamnagar, Junagadh and Gandhinagar between 12 am and 5 am.
The decision of the night curfew came as a precautionary measure against COVID-19 and was taken by Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel after a coronavirus review meeting in Gandhinagar.
On Wednesday, Gujarat logged in 884 new COVID-19 cases and 13 fresh deaths, taking the overall tally to 12,18,212 and the toll to 10,851.
Source :
