Mizoram Eases Some COVID-19 Curbs
Mizoram has eased certain COVID-19 curbs following a gradual decline in daily cases of the pandemic and the union home ministry's directive to all states to ease restrictions due to significant improvement in the situation across the country, an official on Saturday.
Night curfew, which has been imposed for nearly two years in the state capital Aizawl has been lifted, he said.
All shops and marketplaces will now remain open daily across the state strictly adhering to COVID appropriate behaviour to ensure seamless economic activities.
According to the new guidelines issued on Friday all places of worship will now reopen across the state during the day and evening hours with 50 seating capacity.
Earlier, places of worship were closed in red zone areas which have a substantial number of COVID-19 cases.
Picnic spots, theatres, beauty parlours and spas, gymnasium will be allowed to open and trekking, hiking, leisure activities or outing and adventure sports, which were earlier banned are now permitted in all parts of the state. Sporting competition or tournament is also now allowed without any audience, the guidelines said.
Hotels, homestays, tourist lodges, guest houses, restaurants will also now remain open with 50 per cent capacity, it said.
Apart from groceries and fair price shops (public distribution system), shops dealing with other goods and market places will now remain open in all parts of the state, it said.
