<span style="color: #222222;">In Uttar Pradesh, 55-hour long weekly restrictions imposed on Friday night continued across the state. The restrictions will come to an end at 5 AM tomorrow.<br />''<br />''The government has decided to impose weekly restrictions to contain Corona virus in the state. As per the restrictions, all offices, business institutions and markets in Urban and rural areas across the state will remain closed every Saturday and Sunday, However, &nbsp;emergency and industrial activities have been allowed. During the restrictions, cleanliness and sanitization work in markets and intuitions are taken up.<br />''<br />''AIR correspondent reports, while reviewing a high level meeting on Covid 19 at Lucknow yesterday Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath &nbsp;instructed to carry out the process of contact tracing of Covid 19 patients to control the spread of infection. He instructed &nbsp;for &nbsp; effective action &nbsp;regarding cleanliness and sanitization work &nbsp;during the two-day closure throughout the state. He said &nbsp;Active participation of the public is necessary in making this campaign for the control of Kovid-19 and communicable diseases successful.&nbsp; He appealed to people &nbsp;not to come out of their homes unnecessarily and use face cover or mask compulsory.<br />''<br />''Meanwhile with getting 1,986 new cases the total number of Corona cases in the state has reached to 47,036.&nbsp; Additional Chief Secretary Health Amit Mohan Prasad said that there are 17,264 active cases in the state. He said as of now 28, 664 patients have got cured and 1,108 succumbed &nbsp;to Covid-19.&nbsp;</span><br />
News On AIR | July 19, 2020 8:43 AM
Weekend lockdown continues in Uttar Pradesh