Amidst governments all around the country shutting down the states, West Bengal Government has announced that it will relax some of the Covid-19 restrictions on January 8, 2022.

According to the new relaxation, beauty parlours and salons in West Bengal will be permitted to function with a capacity of 50 per cent till 10 pm.

The government is yet to announced the date from which the order can be applied. However, it has been made clear that salons and beauty parlours will be needed to sanitised regularly.

According to the official order, owners of the salon and beauty parlours will have to make sure that their staff, as well as their customers are fully vaccinated and all the health protocols are being followed by them.

The cases in West Bengal have shot up dramatically in the past few days. According to reports, West Bengal has reported 82,427 fresh cases between December 25, 2021, and January 7, 2022. During this period, the overall death count mounted to 157. According to a bulletin issued by state Health Department, the number of fresh infections was 18,213 with a positivity rate of 26.31 per cent. Official reports said that 69,158 new samples were tested on Friday, December 7, 2022.

Kolkata’s daily case count is mounting higher than any other district in West Bengal. In the state capital, the positivity rate on Friday went up to 53.1 per cent with 7,484 new cases. On Friday, December 7, 2022, the cases went up to 3,71,142.

North 24 Paraganas has also recorded 3,118 fresh cases and 18 deaths.

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One of the gravest reasons for this surge in Covid-19 cases is unregulated gatherings, said the doctors. Since Christmas and New Year, there has been an unprecedented rise in the number of fresh cases in Kolkata. The doctors also believe that if this situation keeps becoming worse, the healthcare system is likely to collapse.

The last time that there was such a hike cases was during the second wave of Covid-19. On May 5, 2021, the state had crossed the 18,000 mark.

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