COVID-19: 80 booked for not wearing masks in Chandigarh

As many as 80 people have been booked so far for not wearing masks at public places in Chandigarh amid the coronavirus outbreak, police said on Monday.

Last week, Chandigarh Police had made wearing three-ply masks mandatory in public places and warned that violators would be arrested and booked under section 188 of the IPC.

Stating that the curfew was being implemented strictly, Chandigarh Director General of Police Sanjay Beniwal said 80 cases have been registered against people moving in public places without wearing masks.

He further said that 150 people had been detained for loitering outdoors.

So far, 3,622 vehicles have been impounded and 306 people have been detained for curfew violations, he further said in a release here.

Meanwhile, the city administration has declared summer vacations in all government and government-aided schools from April 15 till May 15.

No fresh coronavirus case has been reported in the city, the official said.

The total count of confirmed cases stood at 21 while seven have been cured, the medical bulletin said.

A total of 296 samples have been tested in Chandigarh so far of which 261 tested negative and reports of 13 are awaited.