PANAJI: The state government on Sunday issued an order extending the curfew till 7am on May 31. South collector Ruchika Katyal said that Covid-19 cases are still being reported in high numbers in Goa and other parts of the country and the situation might further aggravate due to public gatherings and active interactions along with high positivity rate. Both the collectors extended the curfew by invoking Section 144 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. “Any person contravening this order shall be punishable,” both the collectors said. Canacona health centre gets five oxygen concentrators: Canacona mamlatdar Vimod Dalal handed over five oxygen concentrators to the Canacona community health centre, which have been delivered by the South Goa Collector. Canacona MLA Isidore Fernandes had informed chief minister Pramod Sawant when he visited Canacona that the CHC is in urgent need of life saving equipments. Rajiv Gandhi’s birth anniversary celebrated: Bicholim and Sakhali block Congress committees observed former prime minister Late Rajiv Gandhi’s birth anniversary on Friday. On this occasion, block Congress members donated sanitisers, masks and other Covid safety items to the Covid care centre at Vathadev in Bicholim.
Goa: Strict curfew needed to curb public gatherings
