Restaurants in Chandigarh allowed to function up to 10 pm, no home delivery after 12 midnight

Chandigarh, January 13

In order to provide the public a handy access to all the meaningful information on Covid, the Punjab Governor and Administrator, UT, Chandigarh, Shri Banwarilal Purohit on Thursday launched COVA Chd App. Stressing upon the need for active surveillance, Shri Purohit said that maximum people should install this App on their cell phones.

Appreciating UT Administration’s effort to arrest the spread of Covid by increasing the testing three-fold, taking the testing figures to 5000 a day as against 1200 to 1500 hundred a day, Purohit hoped that the early detection followed by quick isolation would be helpful in checking the spread of the virus.

As of now vaccination is being carried out at 89 different sites of the city and first dose has been administered to 124.70% and second dose to 97.23% targeted population in above 18 years category, whereas 50.38% population (15-18 years) has been jabbed.

Updating the current Covid scenario, the officers of the Tricity informed that Mohali has 4363 active cases, Panchkula has 2343 active cases while UT, Chandigarh has 4808 active cases.

In the meanwhile, the consensus was evolved in the meeting that the Hotels/Restaurants/café/coffee shops/eating places would be allowed to function up to 10.00 p.m. However, kitchens of these premises will be allowed to remain open up to 11.00 p.m. and no home delivery is allowed after 12.00 midnight.

Moreover, persons with disabilities and pregnant women employees in government offices in Chandigarh shall be exempted from attending office but are required to work from home.

Public Transport including Bus, Taxi, Auto Rickshaw etc. will run only with their permitted seating capacity. In case of violations, strict action under appropriate law will be taken.