Night curfew in Goa from 10 pm to 6 am up to April 30: Pramod Sawant

Goa will be under night curfew from 10 pm to 6 am till April 30, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said in the wake of an unprecedented spike in the number of Covid-19 cases in the state. The curfew will come into place from Wednesday night.

As per night curfew guidelines, casinos, bars, cinema halls will operate at 50 per cent capacity only. The decision has been taken after 1,500 fresh cases were reported in the state.

Earlier today , addressing a meeting on the Covid situation in the state, Pramod Sawant said that the government will prefer the imposition of certain stringent restrictions given the rise in COVID-19 cases but ruled out clamping of a lockdown.


Goa reported a total of 69,312 coronavirus positive cases until April 20 while the overall death toll stood at 926, including 26 fatalities recorded on the previous day, the health department had said.