Shops reopen as lockdown norms relaxed in Covid-free Sikkim

Gangtok, May 4 () Shops and business establishmentsreopened on Monday in Sikkim as the authorities relaxedlockdown regulations in the state which is yet to report anypositive coronavirus cases so far.

All shops, including those of liquor, did a briskbusiness as people rushed to various market places in thestate capital and elsewhere in the Himalayan state.

The Sikkim government allowed shops to remain opentill 4 PM from Monday, officials said.

In a circular issued on Sunday, the authoritiesdirected shopkeepers and consumers to strictly follow thesocial distancing norm and use masks in public places.

There was, however, little movement of vehicles as thepublic and private vehicles have been barred from plying tilltotal lifting of the lockdown, officials said.

Sikkim is one of the few states to have reported noCovid-19 cases till date and all of its four districts are'green zones'. KDKNN NN