Team News Riveting
Bhopal, December 23
The Madhya Pradesh government on Thursday imposed a night curfew in the state as a preventive measure to combat the new coronavirus variant Omicron.
The night curfew that comes into force from Thursday will be effective from 11 pm to 5 am. People have been advised to strictly follow COVID-19 protocols.
Madhya Pradesh has so far not reported any case of Omicron, which the World Health Organisation (WHO) has classified as a ‘variant of concern’.
“We have also decided to impose a night curfew from tonight (Thursday) in the entire state from 11 pm to 5 am and will take some more measures if required to deal with the situation,” Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said in his address to the people of the state in the evening.
Besides, the government has also decided that in case any coronavirus positive case is detected in the state, the patient will be kept in home isolation if there is enough space in his/her home, he said.
