The Uttar Pradesh government on Sunday announced new restrictions amid an alarming rise in coronavirus cases, imposing night curfew in districts seeing a surge in cases and closure of schools till April 30. At the meeting chaired by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, a decision was also taken to conduct atleast 1 lakh RT-PCR tests daily to identify people who have contracted the deadly disease. Those districts reporting over 100 daily cases or with 500 active cases will be placed under night curfew, according to the order.

The Uttar Pradesh government on Sunday announced new restrictions amid an alarming rise in coronavirus cases, imposing night curfew in districts seeing a surge in cases and closure of schools till April 30. At the meeting chaired by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, a decision was also taken to conduct atleast 1 lakh RT-PCR tests daily to identify people who have contracted the deadly disease. Those districts reporting over 100 daily cases or with 500 active cases will be placed under night curfew, according to the order.