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Manipur government has lifted the daytime curfew and imposed a night curfew in the state for 15 days from August 8 to 22.

The state chief secretary Dr. Rajesh Kumar issued an order in this regard on Saturday.

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Stating that there is a need to allow more economic activities in respect of the seven districts also while taking up measures necessary for public health safety and permitted a number of activities in respect of the remaining nine districts, the order said night curfew from 6 pm to 5 am would be enforced strictly.

โ€œDeputy Commissioners shall issue necessary orders and Superintendents of Police shall take necessary action to implement the orders strictly,โ€ the order said.

The total curfew in the stateโ€™s seven districts was imposed on July 18 to contain the spread of Covid 19.

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According to a press release issued by the Health department on Saturday evening, the state cabinet reviewed the curfew imposed for 21 days to control Covid transmission.

โ€œTo maintain balance with livelihood and economic activities, it was decided to discontinue curfew and adopt a micro containment zone approach, in line with the Central government advisories,โ€ said the statement.

โ€œGram Panchayats, village authorities, local clubs, etc will be fully involved by Deputy Commissioners in ensuring strict micro containment zones and isolation of fresh positive cases,โ€ he said.

On Saturday, Manipur reported 699 new Covid 19 positive cases, when 4,941 samples were tested in the last 24 hours.

The total number of active cases is 8,146.The stateโ€™s recovery rate increases to 90.55 %.