Covid-19 impact: UP govt shuts down multiplexes, clubs in 11 districts

Over 1.3 million screened at UP airports, Nepal border check posts

Owing to coronavirus scare, the Uttar Pradesh government has ordered a total shutdown of multiplexes, cinema halls and clubs in 11 districts, including Lucknow and along Nepal border, till March 31.

Recently, the state government had ordered the closure of schools and colleges in UP till March 22.

After reviewing the coronavirus situation over videoconferencing in Lucknow on Sunday night, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath issued strict directives to the respective district magistrates to ensure foolproof arrangement to arrest the spread of the scourge.

So far 13 coronavirus positive cases have been identified in UP at Agra, Lucknow, Noida and Ghaziabad