jaipur the state government on wednesday announced a 6pm to 5am daily curfew across the state from friday as part of a series of measures to combat rising covid cases the curfew will be in effect till the end of the monthto ensure that the curfew comes into force from 6pm sharp shops and business establishments have been asked to down shutters at 5pm all government offices except covid control and war rooms have to shut at 4pm private offices have also been advised to close at the same time in rural areas shops and businesses have to close at 8pm quoting health experts the government said the second wave was more dangerous and aggressive if the spread was mainly confined to urban areas in the first wave this time around 30 of the cases were reported from rural areas and 60 infections were among people below the age of 45the government said the positivity and mortality were much higher in the first 10 days of april than during the peak of the first wave septemberoctober 2020chief minister ashok gehlot while chairing a meeting of political and religious leaders and ngos on wednesday said with around 6000 positive cases per day and more than 161 deaths in april alone it is clear that this phase of infection is more fatal and contagious gehlot instructed doctors to conduct a comparative study of infectivity disease severity and deaths in the first and second wave with an aim of formulating a strategy to contain the spread the government said only those involved in essential services should venture out of their homeshowever the government continued with the previous exemptions given to factories it companies bus stands railways stations marriage functions and medical shops