Gujarat imposes night curfew in 3 more cities

New Delhi/Ahmedabad :To stem the Covid-19 spread in the state, the Gujarat government on Friday announced that night curfew– from 9 pm to 7 am - will be in force in Rajkot, Vadodara and Surat every day.

The decision comes a day after the government had announced a "complete curfew" in Ahmedabad city from Friday night till Monday morning allowing opening of milk and medical shops only.

Following suit, the Madhya Pradesh government also announced that it will impose night curfew – from 10 pm to 6 am – in five cities, including Bhopal, Indore, Ratlam, Vidisham and Gwalior to curb the rise of Covid-19 cases.

In other news, Haryana Health Minister Anil Vij was on Friday administered a trial dose of potential coronavirus vaccine Covaxin in Ambala.

The human trial of Covaxin had begun at Rohtak's Post-Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences in July.

Meanwhile, India's Covid-19 caseload surpassed the 90-lakh mark on Friday with 45,882 new cases, while the recoveries surged to 84.28 lakh pushing the national recovery rate to 93.6 per cent, according to the Union Health Ministry data.