Curfew in Vadodara from 9pm-6am, malls and multiplexes to be closed on weekends

The curfew timing in Vadodara city has been extended to 9 pm starting from Friday, i.e 19th March 2021. The administration also decided to close down malls and multiplexes on Saturday and Sunday in view of the crowd and requested people to avoid public places.

To stop the transition the Dr. Vinod Rao Officer on Special Duty had a high-level meeting with the city Police Commissioner, Municipal Commissioner, and Collector and took some important decisions for the city.

Dr. Rao said that the cases are increasing rapidly and around 2,500 patients are currently under treatment in hospitals. As a precautionary step, they decided to impose a night curfew from 9 pm and close down malls and multiplexes on Saturday and Sunday. For markets, the Joint Enforcement Team will check the guidelines being followed and strictly maintain social distancing.

He further said that the aim is to stop the spread of the virus and hence appealed to people to avoid public places and not expose themselves. For city buses, the Manager and Transport Authority has to maintain the social distancing and they are responsible for it.

He appealed to everyone to cooperate with the administration in the fight against the virus.

OSD Dr. Vinod Rao visited Gotri and SSG Hospitals and took a detailed review of the situation. He said, there are 203 COVID patients in Gotri and 185 in SSG Hospital against the capacity of 575 in each of them. Occupancy of Ventilators is about 25 – 30%. In view of the steep increase in admissions in the last 7 days, they decided to mobilize Nursing Sahayaks, Ward Boys, and Cleaning staff in more numbers.

They also decided to keep ESI Hospital Gotri and Infectious Diseases Hospital Karelibag ready in case of need. The administration will start sending patients to these hospitals once the numbers in Gotri and SSG Hospitals cross 300.

He also conducted Video conferencing with Dhiraj Hospital, Parul Hospital, and Pioneer Hospital and planned to increase the COVID beds capacity in these hospitals to 300, 125, and 100 beds each.