Kerala has announced that the state will not see a total lockdown, but strict restrictions will remain in place to control Covid spread.

The Kerala government will press ahead with restrictions on non-essential activities and weekend curfews to curb the spread of coronavirus, Vijayan said Monday after a virtual all-party meeting earlier in the day.

“Representatives of all political parties backed the government’s stand of not imposing a total lockdown in the state at the moment. However, they all agreed that stringent restrictions will have to be continued. The public must be made aware and alert about the Covid-19 protocols to be followed,” the CM told reporters.

The political party representatives unanimously agreed that no celebrations or victory processions should be allowed on May 2, when the state counts its votes of the recently held Assembly elections. It will be mandatory for such persons to either take two doses of the Covid-19 vaccine or carry a negative RT-PCR result certificate obtained within 72 hours to get access to the counting centers. The general public will not be allowed near the counting premises.

Meanwhile, the 9 pm-5 am night curfews and the weekend curfews, during which only essential activities will be allowed, shall continue, the CM added.

Religious places, especially mosques during the ongoing Ramzan, must control crowds to less than 50 at a time. The faithful should be advised to bring their own mats for prayers and use pipe-water to wash hands and feet instead of common tanks. Government offices will function with 50% of staff capacity.

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