Amid the rising Omicron cases in the state, the Maharashtra government on December 24 issued fresh curbs including a 9 pm to 6 am night curfew ban of more than 5 people during that period.
The order to impose Section 144 from 9 pm to 6 am was signed on Friday by the state Chief Secretary Debashish Chakraborty.
According to the circular, restaurants, gyms, spas, cinemas halls will have to operate at 50 percent capacity attendance. All of them will have to declare their full potential as well as 50 percent capacity, it added.
Apart from this, the government mentioned it clearly that the number of attendees should not be more than 100 for other social, political and religious events. While for open spaces, the number of attendees should not increase by over 250 or 25 percent of the capacity of the space whichever is less.
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Also, the government instructed that the attendance for sports competitions, sports ceremonies should not exceed 25 percent of the seating capacity of the venue.
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Also, the government instructed that the attendance for sports competitions, sports ceremonies should not exceed 25 percent of the seating capacity of the venue.
State Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray chaired a meeting with officials on Friday and said that due to the high rate of spread of the virus, some restrictions should be imposed at present and further restrictions should be considered in the future. He also advised that proper COVID-19 protocols, use of face masks, should be followed if the infection is not to be allowed to spread.
Meanwhile, Maharashtra has already recorded 88 cases of Omicron variant in past few days and is keeping a tight vigil on people coming from 'at risk' countries. The state reported 1,410 new cases and 12 deaths in past 24 hours, with its active caseload standing at 8,426. It also reported 20 new cases of Omicron on Friday.Paytm remains committed to the goal of bringing half a billion Indians to the mainstream economy, and drive inclusion in digital payments and financial services, the company said.
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