COVID-19 travel update: West Bengal allows only two flights a week from Mumbai and Delhi

The West Bengal state government has announced that flights from Mumbai and Delhi will now be allowed to operate only twice a week, i.e., on Monday and Friday. This move comes in view of rising Coronavirus across the country. As per the latest reports, the fresh guidelines will come into effect from January 5.
Due to a steep rise in the cases, the state government brought back stringent COVID-related restrictions. As per the new guidelines issued, while flights from Mumbai and New Delhi will ply only twice a week, no flights from the United Kingdom will be allowed for the time being.

Apart from this, the state government implemented a new set of restrictions, indicating that movement of vehicles, people and public gatherings of any kind shall be prohibited between 10 PM to 5 AM. However, emergency and essential services shall be permitted during this time.
Meanwhile, while all markets and shopping malls will be allowed to remain open till 10 PM, at half their capacities, local trains will be allowed to operate at 50% capacity till 7 PM. Further, theatres and cinema halls will also be allowed to operate with 50% capacity, whereas conferences and meetings have been allowed with 50% capacity or with a maximum of 200 people at a time, whichever is lower.

If reports are to go by, the state has already registered a surge in COVID-19 cases in the past few days, prompting the state government to take strict measures to control any further spread of the virus.