Thiruvananthapuram: In Kerala, a night curfew from 9 p.m to 5 a.m.  imposed starting Tuesday, for the next two weeks in order to curb the rising spike in Covid cases in the state. A high-level committee, chaired by Kerala Chief Secretary V.P. Joy, on Monday decided to enforce the curfew

The committee also decided to hold the famed Thrissur Pooram festivities which include a dazzling firework display but without admission of the public.

Among the other decisions that came in the committee meeting were that all malls and movie halls have been asked to close at 7 p.m., all tuition centres have been asked to close down, while offices have been asked to go into work from home mode, wherever possible. But however while all university examinations have been postponed, examinations to the Classes 10 and 12 of the state board will be held as per schedule. However, there has been no change in regulating public transport or movement of vehicles. Besides, numerous temples also have decided to close for devotees on account of the surge in cases.

On Monday, 13,644 cases were detected from 87,275 samples tested, taking the total number of positive cases to an all-time high of 1,03,004. The infected included around a dozen medical professionals at the Kottayam Medical College hospital The previous high in the total number of cases stood around 97,500 during the months of September/October last year.

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