Coronavirus Outbreak: Uttarakhand Govt Declares COVID-19 an Epidemic; Shuts Schools, Colleges and Cinema Halls

However, medical colleges will remain open, they said. Under the Epidemic Diseases Act 1897, the Centre has authorised state governments to take preventive measures to control the spread of coronavirus, state government spokesperson and Urban Development Minister Madan Kaushik said.

Coronavirus Outbreak: Uttarakhand Govt Declares COVID-19 an Epidemic; Shuts Schools, Colleges and Cinema Halls
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Dehradun, March 15: The Uttarakhand government has declared novel coronavirus an epidemic and shut all multiplexes, cinema halls, degree colleges and technical institutes across the state till March 31, official sources said. The decision was taken at a meeting of the state council of ministers here late on Saturday night.

However, medical colleges will remain open, they said. Under the Epidemic Diseases Act 1897, the Centre has authorised state governments to take preventive measures to control the spread of coronavirus, state government spokesperson and Urban Development Minister Madan Kaushik said. Karnataka: Wife of Bengaluru Techie Who Contracted Coronavirus Did Not Flee to Agra, Clarifies Government.

The state government has the authority under the Act to close any school, college or theatre incase it feels they may pose a threat to public health, he said. There has been no confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the state.

However, a 26-year-old IIT-Roorkee student with suspected symptoms of coronavirus was admitted to an isolation ward of a hospital in Haridwar on Saturday. The M.Tech student had returned from Japan on March 3.


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