With the Covid-19 cases declining, restrictions in the city may be relaxed soon and schools could reopen as early as next week. The state government had imposed night curfew, reduced capacity at restaurants, malls, gyms, etc., as the daily cases surged beyond 20,000. Now that the tally has been much below 10,000 for days, the administration is planning to ease the curbs.

On January 8, the state government imposed a night curfew from 11 pm to 5 am and Section 144 was imposed in the city, prohibiting the gathering or movement of people in groups of five or more. Even schools, which reopened after nearly two years, were asked to close until February 15.

People gather outside Juhu beach, which is closed to the public amid a rise in cases, on January 16. Pic/Shadab Khan