Taj Mahal & other monuments in Agra to remain shut amidst surge in COVID-19 cases

Agra's historical monuments like Taj Mahal, Agra Fort, Akbar tomb and ors will continue to remain closed until furr orders, in view of current COVID-19 situation. According to District Magistrate of Agra, Prabhu N Singh, se monuments fall in 'buffer zone' areas; hence, it will t be opened to public despite being closed for three months.

District Magistrate furr informed that 55 new coronavirus cases were reported in past four days and re are 71 containment zones. He ded that re is a threat of coronavirus spre as tourists will come to se places if y are opened.

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On Saturday Union Minister of Tourism and Culture Prahl Singh Patel h anunced that all monuments can be reopened with complete precautions from July 6 onwards, amid relaxations in COVID-19 lockdown. All Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) protected monuments were closed for around three months due to coronavirus-induced lockdown. 

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COVID-19 situation in Uttar Presh

Uttar Presh recorded highest single-day jump of 1,153 coronavirus cases on Sunday, pushing infection tally to 27,707, while death count in state reached 785 with 12 fresh fatalities, officials said. A total of 18,761 COVID-19 patients have recovered and discharged from hospitals, ditional Chief Secretary (Home and Information) Awanish Awasthi said. re are w 8,161 active cases in state, he ded. As many as 29,117 samples were tested for coronavirus on Saturday, Awasthi said.

In Luckw, samples were tested at King George Medical University and Sanjay Gandhi Post Gruate Institute of Medical Sciences. Tests were also done at Institute of Medical Sciences - Banaras Hindu University in Varanasi, Lala Lajpat Rai Memorial Medical College in Meerut, Baba Raghav Das Medical College in Gorakhpur, Moti Lal Nehru Medical College in Prayagraj, RML hospital in Luckw, National Institute of Biologicals in ida and Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi Medical College in Kanpur, he said.

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(With inputs from ANI) (Im -ANI)