Kerala relaxes COVID-19 restrictions; read what is allowed and not here

Amid growing cases of COVID-19 infections in state, Kerala has now decided to relax Covid restrictions in effect from August 5, Thursday. Issuing an order, Kerala government has provided certain directives to authorities for immediate application. 

Kerala COVID-19 relaxations

Issuing an order on August 4, Wednesday, Kerala government has provided revised guidelines on COVID-19 restrictions. guidelines provide certain relaxation in state. According to order, shops, markets, banks, offices, financial institutions, factories, industrial establishments, open tourist spaces, and establishments can now function normally from Monday to Saturday. However, every employee should be vaccinated and it should also display number of customers permitted at a time. establishments must also ensure to control crowd inside and outside of shop. 

• Furrmore, all establishments under public sector including government offices, PSUs, companies, autonomous organisations, commissions, etc, will also function as usual from Monday to Friday.
• Anyone can move out of ir house for essential activities like vaccination, COVID-19 testing, medical emergency, purchase of medicine, death of relatives, marriage of close relatives, local travel, examination, and so on. 
• Meanwhile, transport vehicles will also be permitted with strict herence to COVID-19 protocols. As per timings for shops in different business establishments, it will function from 7 AM to 9 PM. 
• order furr informed that re will be a complete lockdown on 8 August, 2021, Sunday. 
• Talking about restrictions, school colleges, tuition centres, cinema atres, restaurants are still not permitted to operate.
• Malls will be permitted only for online delivery.
• Any kind of political or social garing is not permitted.
• Marriages and funerals will be allowed with participation of a maximum of 20 people.

Kerala government has directed all departments to ensure proper implementation of Covid protocols. Also,  Rapid Response Teams will be deployed at ward level for effective contact tracing and surveillance. 

It says that any area with more than 10 Covid infected patients per 1000 population in a week, will see triple lockdown in that area for a week. 

Covid in Kerala

Kerala has been witnessing high cases of COVID-19 infections every day. Earlier, State Health Minister Veena George during State Assembly said that Kerala has been trying to reduce severity of COVID-19 following strong preventive measures. She also asserted that re has been an evident decline in number of cases. 

Kerala reported 22,414 fresh COVID-19 cases on Wednesday with 108 fatalities. 

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