हिंदी
SAS Nagar, September 1 2021
District Magistrate Girish Dayalan while exercising power conferred under section 2 of the Epidemic Disease Act, 1897, read with all other enabling provisions of Disaster Management Act, 2005, has extended COVID restrictions till 15th September, 2021 in the district.
Aiming at to thwart contagion of the pandemic, these orders stated that only passengers who are fully vaccinated, or Covid recovered, or with a negative RTPCR report of last 72 hours, shall be allowed entry in the district from other states. In case a passenger doesn’t have either of these, RAT testing shall be mandatory. Passengers travelling by flights shall be mandatorily required to be fully vaccinated, or COVID recovered, or with a negative RTPCR report of last 72 hrs.
Gatherings shall be restricted to not more than 150 persons indoors and 300 persons outdoors subject to an upper limit of 50 % of the capacity. Artists/ musicians shall be allowed at such functions/celebrations in all areas with due COVID protocols. All bars, cinema halls, restaurants, spas, swimming pools, coaching centers, sports complexes, gyms, malls, museums, zoos, etc. shall be allowed to operate at maximum capacity of 50% subject to all staff present being fully vaccinated or COVID recovered. All users of swimming, sports and gym facilities shall be persons over 18 years who have taken at least one dose of the vaccine. Strict COVID protocols shall be put in place for operations.
Colleges, coaching centers and all other institutions of higher learning shall continue to open subject to the condition that only fully vaccinated, or COVID recovered teaching, non-teaching staff and students are allowed to be physically present. Option of online learning must be available to the students. Schools shall continue to open subject to conditions that only fully vaccinated, or COVID recovered teaching, non-teaching staff are allowed to be physically present. Option of online learning must be available to the students. Districts/cities where positivity is above 0.2% should close primary classes 4 & below until the situation improves.
These orders further stated that teaching and non-teaching staff of colleges, coaching centers, institutions of higher learning, schools shall be prioritized for vaccination with special camps such that all are covered with first dose within this month. Those due for the second dose should also be prioritized. Parents of school going children should be encouraged to immediately get vaccinated.
In its order the District Magistrate made it clear that district authorities shall also continue to ensure strict implementation of all the extant directives of MHA/State Government on COVID appropriate behaviour including social distancing, wearing of face masks etc.
