Uttar Pradesh will end the night curfew from Saturday night amid a decline in Covid cases. The night curfew hours were cut short recently. The 10 pm-6 am curfew was cut short to 11 pm to 5 am last week. The fresh restrictions were brought ahead of the start of the seven-phased polls in the state amid concerns that poll campaign may lead to a surge in cases.
A statement shared by news agency ANI said that the night curfew will be lifted from Saturday night.
Amid the third wave, several parts in the country witnessed a surge driven by the Omicron variant in January. India saw daily infections going above the 3.4 lakh-mark.
In UP, the daily surge had passed the 18,000-mark while neighbouring Delhi saw over 28,000 cases on January 13 in a fresh record. Among other big cities that saw the spike in infections were Mumbai, Bengaluru, and Kolkata.
This week, however, the central government asked the states and union territories to review curbs and ease restrictions with decline in cases over the last few weeks.
"Presently, as the case trajectory across the nation is showing a sustained downward trend, it will be useful if states/UTs review and amend/do away with the additional restrictions so imposed after considering the trend of new cases, active cases and positivity within the state and UT," Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan said in a letter to states and union territories.
The same day, Haryana ended all Covid restrictions.
{{/usCountry}}The same day, Haryana ended all Covid restrictions.
{{/usCountry}}India has been recording less than 50,000 Covid cases in a day since February 12. In the last 24 hours, 22,270 cases were logged.
Uttar Pradesh, which has logged over 20 lakh cases since the start of the pandemic, logged 842 infections in the last 24 hours.