Rajasthan govt imposes night curfew in 8 cities from Monday; visitors told to carry Covid negative report

Travelers from outside the state will have to provide a RT-PCR negative report from March 25

The Rajasthan government on Sunday imposed stricter measures to check the spread of coronavirus, ordering night curfew in eight cities and making a Covid-19 negative report mandatory for anyone visiting the state.

Gehlot said it has also been decided that travellers coming to Rajasthan from other states will have to carry RT-PCR negative reports, not older than 72 hours, from March 25, officials said.

Earlier, the production of RT-PCR negative reports was mandatory for travelers from Kerala, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Punjab, Madhya Pradesh and Haryana.

“Now, this has been made mandatory for travelers from all the states. Travelers will also be examined at airports, railway stations and bus stands,” he said.

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The fresh measures were announced after Gehlot had consultations with leaders of political parties and religious organisations, representatives of NGOs, and health experts on the emerging Covid-19 situation on Friday.

Gehlot said night curfew will be imposed in Ajmer, Bhilwara, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Kota, Udaipur, Sagwara (Dungarpur) and Kushalgarh (Banswara) from 11:00 pm to 5:00 am, beginning Monday.

The chief minister said markets in urban local bodies will be shut down at 10:00 pm as part of measures to protect the lives and livelihood of the people of the state in view of the second wave of Covid-19.

On Saturday, Rajasthan had reported 445 new cases of Covid-19, taking the total number of cases in the state to 3,24,948.