West Bengal government on Wednesday extended the Covid-19 restrictions in the state till 30 July with further relaxations. Bengal had on 28 June extended the current coronavirus curtailments till 15 July to curb the spread of the devastating second wave of the killer virus.

As part of the new relaxations, banks across the state will now remain open from 10 am to 3 pm. The metro rail services will be allowed to operate five days a week at 50% capacity.

Intrastate buses will now be allowed to run at 50% capacity with fully vaccinated staff. All shops and markets will continue to remain open as per usual operational hours. Take a look at what's allowed and what's not: Meanwhile, West Bengal reported 863 new cases of coronavirus on Tuesday,

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