<p><strong>Gurugram:&nbsp;</strong>In the wake of the rising coronavirus cases across the country and Haryana recording the highest single day spike of 4,319 cases on Friday<strong>, </strong>the Gurugram district administration has issued an order directing all shops, including shopping malls, plazas and community markets, to close by 6 p.m. every day.</p> <p>The order issued by Gurugram District Magistrate Yash Garg, however, excludes shops coming in the&nbsp;&ldquo;essential categories&rdquo;.</p> <p>The order exempts pharmaceutical and grocery shops while granting the restaurants permission to operate only for home delivery.</p> <p><strong>READ |</strong>&nbsp;<strong><a href="https://ift.tt/2QrNuO5" target="_blank" rel="noopener">68% Delhi Residents Say Yes To Extending Lockdown/Curfew By At Least A Week: Survey</a></strong></p> <p>Earlier on Thursday, the state government had announced several restrictions, including the closure of shops by 6 pm and a ban on all non-essential gatherings, in a bid to control the spread of the infection.</p> <p>&ldquo;All shops will remain closed from 6 pm onward in Haryana from Tomorrow, all non essential gatherings are banned, anybody holding any function within prescribed limit will have to seek permission from concerned SDM,&rdquo; Haryana&rsquo;s Home and Health Minister Anil Vij tweeted on Thursday.</p> <p>&lt;blockquote class="twitter-tweet"&gt;&lt;p lang="en" dir="ltr"&gt;All shops will remain closed from 6 pm onward in Haryana from Tomorrow, all non essential gatherings are banned, anybody holding any function within prescribed limit will have to seek permission from concerned SDM.&lt;/p&gt;&amp;mdash; ANIL VIJ MINISTER HARYANA (@anilvijminister) &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/anilvijminister/status/1385156876438884354?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;April 22, 2021&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt; &lt;script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;</p> <p>In order to contain the recent surge in Covid-19 cases of infections across Haryana, the state government had recently imposed night curfew in the state.</p> <p>Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar had earlier on Tuesday said that the Covid-19 situation in Haryana was under control, adding the government was not considering the option of imposing lockdown in the state.</p> <p><strong>READ |</strong>&nbsp;<strong><a href="https://ift.tt/3dNoaLb" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Centre Waives Off Customs Duty On Coronavirus Vaccines, Oxygen &amp; Related Equipment For 3 Months</a></strong></p> <p>Khattar, however, added that the state health department was on high alert and adequate health infrastructure was available to treat Covid-19 patients in hospitals.</p>

source https://news.abplive.com/news/india/amid-covid-spike-gurugram-administration-orders-all-shops-to-shut-by-6-pm-1454524