\n
Guwahati, Jan 24 (PTI) The Assam government on Monday issued an order tightening restrictions to contain spread of COVID-19 in the state and banning entry of non-vaccinated people to public places, except hospitals.<\/p>\n
It also directed authorities to shut schools for up to class 8 students.<\/p>\n
The government asked citizens to carry proof of vaccination while going to public places.<\/p>\n
These restrictions will come into effect from 6 am of January 25, the order said.<\/p>\n
“The status of COVID-19 in the state has again been reviewed and it has been observed that the number of COVID-19 cases has been gradually increasing over the last few days thereby increasing the positivity rate,” Officiating Chief Secretary P K Borthakur said in the order.<\/p>\n
Accordingly, Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA) issued a new set of guidelines, which are to be followed to arrest the spread of COVID-19, and it will remain in force until further order.<\/p>\n
Physical classes in “all schools up to class 8 in all districts shall be suspended and all such educational institutions shall migrate to virtual options until further orders”, it said.<\/p>\n
Classes in schools have been allowed “on alternate days for class IX and above” in all districts.<\/p>\n
“All educational institutions including schools\/colleges\/universities shall continue to provide quality virtual options,” the new order said.<\/p>\n
The ASDMA said non-vaccinated people will not be allowed to enter public places, except hospitals.<\/p>\n
“All people are required to carry proof of being fully vaccinated while visiting public places\/spaces. The owners of public\/private establishments shall be responsible for ensuring that only those entrants who are fully vaccinated are allowed inside and this has to be done scrupulously by checking their vaccination status.<\/p>\n
“Failure to do so shall attract penal action,” the government order added.<\/p>\n
\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Guwahati, Jan 24 (PTI) The Assam government on Monday issued an order tightening restrictions to contain spread of COVID-19 in the state and banning entry of non-vaccinated people to public places, except hospitals. It also directed authorities to shut schools for up to class 8 students. The government asked citizens to carry proof of vaccination […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-182518","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-north-east"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182518","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=182518"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182518\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=182518"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=182518"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=182518"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}