<span style="color: #222222;">Necessary steps are being taken for the prevention of spread of novel Coronavirus infection in Uttarakhand. All schools, colleges, malls and Cinema Hall have been closed till 31 March in the wake of Covid 19 outbreak. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Reports of closing of hotels at some places including Nainital district has been received. To safeguard people from Coronavirus, the entry of people at the daily aarti venue at Har ki Pauri in Haridwar has also been closed. </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"><br />'' Isolation wards have been made in the hospitals of the state and the government is monitoring the situation closely. State Government has asked MLAs to provide 15 lakh rupees each to chief Medical officers of the districts from their MLA fund for the preventive measures in the district hospitals in view of corona . Meanwhile, the state government has said that adequate arrangements have been made to prevent infection of Covid-19 in the state.</span><br />''