West Bengal extends Covid-19 curbs till March 31, relaxation on Holika Dahan

On Tuesday the West Bengal government extended the Covid-19 curbs and existing relaxations till March 31, providing relaxation on ‘Holika Dahan’.

According to the order by the state government, the movement of people and vehicles along with public gatherings will be prohibited from 12 am to 5 am, except on ‘Holika Dahan’ (March 17). Only essential and emergency services will be allowed during the restricted time period.

The government underlined that wearing masks, hygiene protocol, and maintaining physical distancing must be followed.

Meanwhile, Covid-19 vaccination for the age group of 12-14 years already started from March 16 all over the country and the Centre on Tuesday said that only Corbevax vaccine would be administered to the 12-14-year-old kids. The centre also changed the condition of booster dose to include everyone above the age of 60. Earlier, the administration of precaution dose was restricted to those above 60 years of age with comorbidities, frontline workers, and healthcare workers.