nashik curfew has been imposed from 10pm to 5am and educational institutions across jalgon district have been closed with immediate effect till march 6 said district collector abhijit raut on mondayessential services like milk distribution medical sector industrial workers with company identity cards going their workplace or returning home and petrol stations will not be under the purview of the night curfew educational institutions can conduct classes online he saidmovie theatres gyms swimming pools gardens and auditoriums across the district will remain closed till the set date weekly markets will not be allowed to function libraries can function with maximum 50 of their capacitythe district collector said a maximum of 50 people will be allowed at weddings and the footfall at religious places must not be above 10we took the decisions after deliberating with all stakeholders we will continue to monitor the covid scenario in the district closely before any further decisions said rautjalgaon district which was one of the covid hotspot districts in the state in mayjune last year has witnessed a significant increase in cases in the last four days the daily positive cases has increased to tripledigit as compared to doubledigit that the district was registering for the last few monthswe dont want to witness a repeat of what the district faced in mid2020 i have also asked doctors path labs radiologists to inform the local authorities in case they get patients with covidlike symptoms said rautthe district collector has asked different departments to crack down on those violating covid rules such as not wearing masks and maintaining social distance at public places