Amid rising COVID-19 cases, a weekend lockdown will be observed in Uttar Pradesh till 7 am, April 26 (Monday). The Uttar Pradesh government on Tuesday announced that the weekend lockdown will remain imposed till May 15. The weekend lockdown, which came in addition to the already imposed night curfew, will start from April 23, Friday 8 pm, and will remain in force till April 26, Monday 7 am. The Uttar Pradesh government also increased the night curfew timings by two hours for districts where there are over 500 active cases of COVID-19. Currently, those districts where active COVID-19 cases are more than 2,000, the night curfew timings are from 8 pm to 7 am.

Source: dna April 24, 2021 06:45 UTC