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<ul class="summary-list"><li>Miami Beach has launched an ad campaign "breaking up" with spring break tourism.</li><li>Restrictions include curfews, DUI checkpoints, security searches, and arrests for drug possession.</li></ul><a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/florida-cities-spring-break-economy-doesnt-need-them-2023-3">Miami Beach</a> is "breaking up" with spring break.The Florida city, known for attracting thousands of <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/underrated-things-to-do-in-miami-2018-5">spring break</a> travelers, recently released an <a target="_blank" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nz3T20EXDdo">ad campaign</a> warning people of a crackdown on excessive revelry, including curfews, security searches, DUI checkpoints, and arrests for drug possession and violence. The city's campaign, which began at the <a target="_blank" href="https://www.miamibeachfl.gov/miami-beach-takes-steps-to-end-spring-break/">beginning of February</a>, will extend through March 31."We need to talk. This isn't working anymore, and it's not us," the ad, which has nearly 100,000 views on YouTube, begins. "It's you."The ad notes how for local residents, spring break should be relaxing on the beach or going to a new restaurant, not watching tourists getting drunk in public and breaking the law.The ad continues that tourists should expect bag checks, restricted beach access, $100 parking, and strong police enforcement to crack down on violence and disruptions.Last year, two people were <a target="_blank" href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/miami-beach-curfew-spring-break-shootings/">fatally shot</a> during spring break, leading Miami Beach to declare a <a target="_blank" href="https://www.miamibeachfl.gov/city-of-miami-beach-issues-state-of-emergency-and-curfew/">state of emergency</a>. Last year was the third year in a row that the city implemented <a target="_blank" href="https://www.npr.org/2022/03/21/1087961468/miami-beach-declares-a-state-of-emergency-after-recent-spring-break-violence">emergency policies</a> such as curfews to control crowds."We don't ask for spring break in our city. We don't want spring break in our city. It's too rowdy, brings too much disorder, and is simply too difficult to police," <a target="_blank" rel=" nofollow" href="https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/miami-beach-officials-set-spring-break-curfew-after-2-fatal-shootings">said</a> former Mayor Dan Gelber last year.Police made 573 arrests in Miami Beach last spring break, as well as confiscated over 100 guns, <a target="_blank" href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/miami-beach-has-a-message-for-rowdy-spring-breakers-dont-come-here-f6b0427a">The Wall Street Journal reported</a>."That was our breaking point, so we're breaking up with you, and don't try to apologize and come crawling back," the ad notes. "This isn't safe, so we're done."Some business owners have <a target="_blank" href="https://www.axios.com/local/miami/2024/03/06/spring-break-miami-beach-business-concerns">expressed concerns</a> that this "breakup" could generate lower revenues. Others have expressed concerns that the restrictions <a target="_blank" href="https://fortune.com/2024/03/05/miami-beach-spring-breakers-stay-away-not-listen-business-owners-civil-rights-advocates/">may be racially motivated</a>, which Miami Beach's mayor has rejected.As part of its "<a target="_blank" href="https://www.miamibeachfl.gov/breakup/">Spring Break Breakup</a>," Miami Beach said high-impact measures are in place every Thursday through Sunday, such as flat parking rates of $30 for tourists with high prices on busier weekends, towing rates of $516 that are double the normal rate, limited beach entrances on Ocean Drive, and traffic plans to reduce congestion. Parking restrictions won't apply to residents, permit holders, access card holders, and employees, the website said.On March 7-10 and March 14-17, the city is closing numerous parking garages, raising parking rates, implementing a License Plate Reader detail, and for select days, installing DUI sobriety checkpoints."The measures I proposed approved by our Commission will ensure that our residents, businesses, and visitors are safe and thrive during Spring Break," Miami Beach Mayor Steven Meiner <a target="_blank" href="https://www.miamibeachfl.gov/miami-beach-takes-steps-to-end-spring-break/">said in a statement</a> in February. "Everyone is invited to enjoy the beauty and hospitality of our City. But we are a law and order City and we will enforce our laws all year round, including during March's Spring Break."Though many travelers have already made plans — and may not have seen the ad campaign — the "breakup" could reduce disorder. Still, some commenters on YouTube and <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/lexjeanne/status/1764423767642558468">X</a> noted that these restrictions may not stop spring break travelers from coming.Spring break helps the state generate billions of dollars in <a target="_blank" rel="" href="https://www.ucf.edu/online/hospitality/news/florida-tourism/">tax revenue</a> a year from tourism, though Florida's <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/why-are-people-moving-florida-home-prices-cost-of-living-2023-12">growing and diversifying economy</a>, coupled with <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/moving-to-florida-pros-cons-millennials-gen-x-retirement-census-2024-1">major population growth</a>, could make visitors less economically central.

Miami Beach to spring breakers: Respect curfews and closed beaches, or go somewhere else

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Baltimore teens are under a curfew this summer in an effort to curb gun violence. </li><li>The policy hopes to prevent teens from "becoming the victims or perpetrators of violent crime."</li></ul>Baltimore teens are under a curfew this summer as a part of the city's plan to tackle gun violence. The curfew began Friday, ahead of Memorial Day Weekend, and will last until September 3, 2023, just days before Labor Day. According to the mayor's office, the curfew applies to youth ages 16 and under, but the policy's timing varies based on age group.Ages 13 and under have a 9 p.m. curfew, while teens from 14-16 have an 11 p.m. curfew on weekends and holidays, according to <a href="https://monse.baltimorecity.gov/curfew">the city's plan</a>.Baltimore called the plan "a comprehensive summer engagement strategy" to ensure young people "have a safe and engaging summer." Summer programming and events will be coordinated around the curfews, the city added. Last month, Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott expanded the curfew's dates after several incidents of violence involving young people, including a shooting over Easter weekend, <a href="https://baltimorefishbowl.com/stories/baltimore-mayors-youth-curfew-plan-meets-pushback-criticism-over-ineffectiveness/">Baltimore Fishbowl</a> reported.If children are found out after hours, they will be encouraged to go home or call their parent or guardian before being brought to one of the city's two Youth Connection Centers by non-law enforcement, the city's plan said. Parents face fines of up to $500. The policy does not apply to teens who are either accompanied by a parent or legal guardian, exercising First Amendment rights, driving in a motor vehicle, involved in an emergency, or working a job or event, the city said. According to a <a href="https://twitter.com/JessicaAlbertTV/status/1661198050222637057?s=20">police memorandum obtained by WJZ News</a>, officers were advised that they would not be involved in implementing much of the curfew. "Enforcement of a juvenile curfew is necessary to safeguard and protect our City's youth; however, the enforcement of the curfew is not intended to lead to an unnecessary increase in interactions between BPD and the City's young people," the documents said."That is why a majority of interactions — including transportation to Youth Connection Centers — will be handled by non-BPD City employees or third-party entities. This objective is consistent with the Consent Decree's goal of reducing youth involvement with the juvenile and criminal justice system."Police were also told that they would not stop teens or take them into custody solely for a curfew violation, the documents added. Baltimore began implementing a strict juvenile curfew in 2014, according to <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/baltimore/news/baltimore-tightens-juvenile-curfews/">WJZ News</a>. A <a href="https://public.powerdms.com/BALTIMOREMD/documents/54982">2016 policy update</a> from the Baltimore Police Department said the goal of the curfew was "to ensure our children are given the proper resources to prevent them from becoming the victims or perpetrators of violent crime." This policy will be "updated and amended to address best practices and other issues that have arisen" in recent years.

Baltimore teens are under curfew starting Memorial Day weekend in an effort to curb gun violence

The Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) on Tuesday decided to impose a weekend curfew in the capital city in the wake of the ongoing Covid-19 resurgence. In a virtual meeting chaired by Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal, the Authority suggested for weekend curfew during which no non-essential movement will be allowed. The meeting also discussed imposing more restrictions in the city in an effort to curb the unabated surge. According to the DDMA order, all government offices, except those dealing with essential services, will work from home. A cap of 50 per cent occupancy has been imposed on private offices. On Monday, Delhi reported 4,099 fresh Covid cases, the highest single-day spike after May 18, 2021 when the tally was also 4,482. The new cases have pushed the infection tally to 14,58,220. Meanwhile, an additional Covid fatality has increased the national capital's death toll to 25,110. The Covid infection in the city has climbed to 6.46 per cent, highest in the last seven months. According to the Delhi Health Department, the national capital had recorded 6.89 per cent positivity rate on May 18, 2021. Of the cases being reported in the national capital, 81 per cent are that of the new Omicron variant, Health Minister Satyendra Jain had said in the Legislative Assembly on Monday. The capital has, so far, detected 351 Omicron cases, of which 57 have been discharged from the hospital. SEE ALSO <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/india/news/delhi-cm-arvind-kejriwal-tests-positive-for-covid-19/articleshow/88679427.cms" data-type="tilCustomLink">Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal tests positive for COVID-19</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/business/startups/news/infoedge-and-zomatos-deepinder-goyal-invested-money-in-geniemode-10-month-old-tech-startup/articleshow/88683920.cms" data-type="tilCustomLink">After Deepinder Goyal and Kunal Shah, Info Edge backs this 10-month-old tech startup</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/business/news/ongc-appoints-alka-mittal-as-chairperson-and-managing-director/slidelist/88681434.cms" data-type="tilCustomLink">Meet Alka Mittal, the first woman to head oil giant ONGC</a>

Delhi imposes weekend curfew after CM Arvind Kejriwal tests positive of Covid-19

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Frank Ocean's headlining set at Coachella on Sunday was cut short due to the festival's curfew.</li><li>"Guys, I'm being told it's curfew, so that's the end of the show," he said before exiting the stage.</li></ul>Frank Ocean's headlining performance at Coachella on Sunday came to an abrupt end.The elusive star arrived on the main stage nearly an hour after his set was scheduled to begin. At 12:20 a.m., after about an hour and 20 minutes of music, Ocean announced that Coachella's curfew had gone into effect. "Guys, I'm being told it's curfew, so that's the end of the show," he said before exiting the stage.Ocean was originally slated to headline Coachella in 2020, but the music festival was canceled that year due to the pandemic. His performance on Sunday marked his first live show in six years, since the 2017 Flow Festival in Finland.The "Blonde" singer said he decided to play Coachella to honor his younger brother, Ryan Moore, <a href="https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2020-08-04/frank-oceans-brother-dies-ryan-breaux" target="_blank" rel="noopener">who died suddenly in 2020</a>. "I want to talk about why I'm here because it's not because of a new album," Ocean told the crowd, which included Insider's music team."You know, these last couple years, my life changed so much," he continued after hushing the crowd. "My brother and I, we came to this festival a lot. I feel like I was dragged out here half the time because I hated the dust out here, I always left with a respiratory infection, or what have you. So I would avoid coming, but I would always end up here.""I know he would've been so excited to be here with all of us," he concluded. "I want to say thank you for the support and the ears and the love over all this time."During his eclectic set, Ocean performed remixes of songs like "Solo" and "Chanel," as well as acoustic renditions of "Pink + White" and "Self Control."His final song was a cover of Aaliyah's "At Your Best (You Are Love)," which was included on Ocean's 2016 visual album "Endless."Ocean was the final performer of the weekend. The lineup also features <a href="https://www.insider.com/coachella-bad-bunny-shaded-harry-styles-during-performance-2023-4">Bad Bunny</a>, BLACKPINK, and Calvin Harris.

Frank Ocean's long-awaited Coachella performance was cut short due to curfew

<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="12031202" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="miami-beach" source="Orion">Miami Beach</keyword>, <keyword id="11910362" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="florida" source="Orion">Florida</keyword>, will impose a curfew from midnight to 6 a.m. beginning Thursday, officials said. </li><li>City officials have declared a state of emergency, which some critics have called an <a href="https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/miami-dade/miami-beach/article259654760.html">overreaction</a>.</li></ul>Miami Beach, Florida is set to impose a midnight curfew this weekend after two shootings left five people wounded amid a crowded <keyword id="13374566" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="spring-break" source="Orion">spring break</keyword> season. The curfew is set to begin at midnight on Thursday and end at 6 a.m. local time. It is currently set to expire on Monday, March 28. City officials <a href="https://twitter.com/MiamiBeachNews/status/1506649657581387778?s=20&amp;t=vzJUUTtbSZkFtwKyjLoK9Q">declared</a> a state of emergency on Monday and announced the curfew following two separate shootings. Last weekend, a shooting on Saturday near Ocean Drive and Eighth Street left three people injured, and another shooting on Sunday, near Ocean Drive and Seventh Street, injured two more people. All five victims had non-life-threatening injuries, according to the Miami Herald.<div type="image" title="Two police officers behind crime scene tape - stock photo" height="5274" width="7033" msid="90406062" hostid="261"></div>Miami Mayor Dan Gelber said at a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Xqxa_hJ7lQ">press conference</a> on Monday that he, along with city officials and law enforcement, is "very frustrated and angry" by the violence. "In the last two nights, five innocent people were shot in our streets," Gerber said. "Our city is well past its endpoint. What we are watching and what we are feeling and what are observing is simply unacceptable at every level."The city, an annual hot spot for spring break beachgoers, has long grappled with how to address the massive crowds. "We don't ask for spring break, we don't promote it, we don't encourage it. We just endure it," Gelber said. "And frankly it's not something we want to endure. We don't want spring break. It's just every community in Florida that has had it, has pushed it away."A total of 100 guns were confiscated in the last four weeks, an increase from the same period last year, per the Herald. Gelber at the press conference said the recent shootings happened "despite the fact that we had one of the most massive deployments of police resources our city really has seen." He added that there were some 371 police officers working in South Beach over the past weekend.Miami is expected to be inundated with tourists and festival-goers in the coming weeks, starting this weekend with Miami Music Week, a sold-out Ultra Music Festival, and then Miami Beach Pride. "We just simply cannot have people coming to our city and having to worry about being shot," Gelber said Monday.<div type="image" title="miami beach crowd at night" height="2000" width="3000" msid="90406063" hostid="261"></div>Critics of the emergency measure say it is an overreaction targeting the city's Black visitors. A state of emergency typically requires a "clear and present danger of a riot or other general public disorder," such as a hurricane or pandemic, the <a href="https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/miami-dade/miami-beach/article259654760.html">Miami Herald's David Ovalle and Charles Rabin reported</a>. "The only emergency is that Black people are on the Beach," Stephen Hunter Johnson of Miami-Dade's Black Advisory Board told the Herald. "I don't understand how this town has been doing spring break for at least 25 years and can't figure it out."The curfew will encompass all of South Beach, from 23 Street and Dade Boulevard on the north to Government Cut on the south, Biscayne Bay on the west to the Atlantic Ocean on the east, a <a href="https://myemail.constantcontact.com/City-of-Miami-Beach-Issues-State-of-Emergency-and-Curfew.html?soid=1011085968389&amp;aid=7A3d0FwNjrY">map</a> from city officials shows.Traffic in the area may be rerouted by local police, and local businesses will have to "close sufficiently in advance of the curfew in order to permit patrons to avoid violating the curfew," according to the announcement. <div type="image" title="woman on stretcher in miami beach" height="2600" width="3900" msid="90406064" hostid="261"></div>Around the same time last year, Miami Beach <a href="https://www.insider.com/miami-declares-state-of-emergency-8pm-curfew-spring-break-crowds-2021-3">imposed a Thursday to Sunday curfew to address the crowds of spring breakers</a> that annually flock to South Beach. In 2021, the city implemented an 8 p.m. curfew that included closing the main road, Ocean Drive. Police previously used pepper balls to disperse crowds along the drive amid incidents of property damage.During the curfew, police made <a href="https://miami.cbslocal.com/2021/03/22/miami-beach-city-commission-extends-curfew-causeway-closures/">over 1,000 arrests</a> of people — more than half of whom were from out of state — who the city manager said were engaging in "lawlessness and an anything goes party attitude." The 2021 curfew was <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/miami-beach-extended-state-of-emergency-spring-break-travelers-2021-3">extended incrementally</a> had been in effect for several weeks <a href="https://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/miami-beach-lifts-8-p-m-spring-break-curfew/2422409/">until early April 2021</a>. <div type="image" title="Miami beach" height="2000" width="2666" msid="90406065" hostid="261"></div>Michael Grieco, a democrat in Florida's House of Representatives, <a href="https://twitter.com/Mike_Grieco/status/1506391692047523841?s=20&amp;t=x2fjV2EljEnvO3wcOYbtlw">called the curfew</a> an "embarrassing government overreach.""This is infuriating. Punishing local businesses because the city forgot that spring break is in March, every year," Grieco said in a <a href="https://twitter.com/Mike_Grieco/status/1506008914164260870?s=20&amp;t=x2fjV2EljEnvO3wcOYbtlw">tweet</a>.

Miami Beach imposes midnight curfew ahead of tourist weekend after shootings rock spring break season

India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Tuesday, said that a lockdown in states should be the last resort. Multiple states in India have announced night curfews and weekend lockdowns in the past few weeks. Delhi has been put under a full lockdown till April 26. But lockdowns might not be enough. Here is why according to Himanshu Sikka of Delhi-based think tank IPE Global. The government has started off with weekend lockdowns and curfews but that may not be enough to reign in this wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. Some states, like <keyword id="13126" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Maharashtra">Maharashtra</keyword>, have started taking the hard calls while others wait and watch with a ‘band-aid approach’ where surgeries are required — such as going for night or weekend curfews. The big question that is looming in everyone's mind is how long a lockdown will be required to come out of the current wave. Migrants in Delhi and Maharashtra, who had come back to the city after the first lockdown, have started to go back home in fear of another lockdown being on the cards. <cmsannotation type="cmsannotation" annotationid="Is India heading for a loss at the cusp of victory?" comment="subhead" text="Is India heading for a loss at the cusp of victory?">Is India heading for a loss at the cusp of victory?</cmsannotation> The official mortalities, though lower in percentage terms, have possibly gone under reported. There is not enough data available or knowledge to create prediction models, and each new day comes with fresh discoveries on how the virus may or may not be behaving. <div type="javascript" title="Custom" contenttype="Image"><cdata><![CDATA[<div class="flourish-embed flourish-chart" data-src="visualisation/5923063"></div>]]></cdata></div> Such unpredictable behaviour makes it difficult to assess the damage and define what may be required to regain ground. The biggest problem with this wave has been convincing the public to continue the COVID-appropriate behaviour. Then whether it’s pandemic fatigue or economic compulsions, or simple reaction to seeing their leadership flouting norms in election rallies or festive gatherings, we see the nation grabbing defeat from the hands of victory — something this cricket-loving nation had come out of in the past few years. <cmsannotation type="cmsannotation" annotationid="Even a complete lockdown won’t be enough without the infrastructure to back it up" comment="subhead" text="Even a complete lockdown won’t be enough without the infrastructure to back it up">Even a complete lockdown won’t be enough without the infrastructure to back it up</cmsannotation> Given the country's situation, major hotbeds of the pandemic will need to take hard decisions and possibly national leadership will once again need to enforce things where there is inaction. Central directives may be required soon in States like Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka, Chhattisgarh, Tamil Nadu, Rajasthan, etc. States like Maharashtra and Delhi would also require longer lockdowns to break the chain. But that, alone, won’t be enough. The lockdowns will need to ensure the affected get the best treatment possible to contain mortalities. The governments will need to focus on infrastructure improvement, for now, and later, for critical things like testing, oxygen supply, essential drugs and ICU beds, which have all crumbled under pressure this time. All this would require much longer than a couple of weeks to bring down the active cases from the current two million-plus to where they stood 60 days back at around 135,000. Second, the centre and states will collectively need to focus on enhancing capacities for the vaccination supply chain as it opens for all adults from May 1. A successful campaign will also require steps to remove hesitations around inoculation through large-scale strategic behavioral change in communication. Such efforts in many pockets will need to be door-to-door, as was the case during the Polio vaccination. Above all, the lockdowns will need to be used to enhance our surveillance and data analytics capacity, allowing us to understand the key indicators better, have strong prediction models ready and be prepared for the next wave.

OPINION: Why weekend lockdowns and night curfews aren't the only solution to India's surging cases of COVID-19

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Frank Ocean will not return as a headliner for the second weekend of Coachella.</li><li>A rep for the singer said Ocean canceled his second performance due to a leg injury.</li></ul>Frank Ocean has canceled his second performance at Coachella, which was originally slated for next Sunday.Ocean headlined the music festival on Sunday, marking his first live show since 2017. The unconventional set <a href="https://www.insider.com/coachella-frank-ocean-performance-review-disappointing-2023-4">left many fans disappointed</a>, especially after <a href="https://www.insider.com/coachella-frank-ocean-performance-cut-short-curfew-2023-4">it was cut short due to Coachella's midnight curfew.</a> Ocean had arrived nearly an hour later to the stage than he was scheduled.According to a representative for the "Blonde" singer, Ocean decided to drop out of the lineup for weekend two due to an injury.The representative confirmed to Insider that Ocean suffered two fractures and a sprain in his left leg, causing a doctor to encourage his Coachella set to be scaled back or scrapped.The rep also said he was "unable to perform the intended show" last Sunday, "but was still intent on performing, and in 72 hours, the show was reworked out of necessity. ""It was chaotic. There is some beauty in chaos. It isn't what I intended to show but I enjoy being out there and I'll see you soon," Ocean said in the statement provided.He also called the performance "fucking chaotic" while onstage. However, despite backlash online, streams for Ocean's music have increased since Coachella, <a href="https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/frank-oceans-coachella-streams-trending-up-1235310212/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Billboard reports</a>.Ocean last released music in 2022, when he dropped the standalone singles "Dear April" and "Cayendo." He hasn't released an album since "Blonde" in 2016.

Frank Ocean drops out as a Coachella headliner after his 'chaotic' performance at weekend one

<ul class="summary-list"><li>The UK government introduced a 10 p.m. curfew for <keyword id="14564" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="pubs">pubs</keyword>, <keyword id="6355410" type="DEFINITION" weightage="60" keywordseo="BARS">bars</keyword>, and <keyword id="34615" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="restaurants">restaurants</keyword>, and compulsory table service as part of its latest coronavirus safety measures.</li><li>Industry bodies have described this as “another crushing blow” that will “devastate” the sector well into 2021.</li><li>Two in five adults said they will go out less often as a result of curfew, according to a survey from market research company CGA.</li><li>The curfew will also affect takeaways. CEOs of fast-food giants KFC and Pizza Hut warned that the curfew could have a "catastrophic impact."</li></ul>England's new 10 p.m. curfew at pubs, bars, and restaurants — designed to push down COVID-19 cases — is "another crushing blow" to struggling businesses now facing closure, owners have said.Nearly a quarter (23%) of members of the UK's biggest pub and hospitality trade bodies expect to fail in the next three months unless the government gives them more support, <a href="https://beerandpub.com/2020/09/23/quarter-of-hospitality-businesses-believe-they-could-fail-in-next-three-months-without-further-government-support/">a survey by market research company CGA shows</a> — and the curfew <a href="https://beerandpub.com/2020/09/23/quarter-of-hospitality-businesses-believe-they-could-fail-in-next-three-months-without-further-government-support/">"will only make the situation worse,"</a> the British Beer and Pubs Association (BBPA) said. One in eight hospitality staff have already been made redundant, the survey said.Two in five adults said they will go out less often as a result of curfew, according to a <a href="https://www.cga.co.uk/2020/09/25/new-restrictions-to-cut-hospitality-visits-but-wont-end-socialising/">CGA survey</a> carried out immediately after the announcement.The curfew will "devastate" the sector, <a href="https://beerandpub.com/2020/09/22/curfew-will-devastate-pub-sector-without-additional-financial-support-from-government/">said Emma McClarkin</a>, chief executive of the BBPA, describing it as "particularly heart-breaking" for pubs in areas with low infection rates, such as Reading, Bristol, and Cambridge.Kate Nicholls, CEO of the trade body <a href="https://www.ukhospitality.org.uk/news/527175/UKH-reaction-to-10pm-closure-order.htm">UKHospitality</a>, described the restrictions as "another crushing blow" for struggling hospitality businesses, adding that it is "now inevitable that the sector will struggle long into 2021." The government introduced new <keyword id="91743" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="lockdown">lockdown</keyword> measures in England on Monday as <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/coronavirus-london-lockdown-uk-covid-cases-soar-6000-a-day-2020-9">coronavirus cases in the country rose</a> towards what scientists fear will be a second peak.This included a 10 p.m. curfew for pubs, bars, and restaurants, and compulsory table service from September 24.The curfew also covers other leisure sites such as casinos, social clubs, and funfairs.<h3>Nicholls: Similar curfew didn't work in the North of England</h3>On September 19, a similar curfew was introduced across parts of northern England, where cases of the virus were high. It is still too early to say whether the curfew cut cases.Nicholls said that it is "hard to understand how these measures are the solution to fighting the disease." She added that the curfews in north England "merely damaged business and cost jobs."Nicholls also argued that the new rules have to be applied "with flexibility." She said that the curfew would be bad for both business and controlling the virus, as pubs and restaurants need time for people to leave venues slowly over a longer period of time.Tim Martin, chairman of British chain J D Wetherspoon, which has nearly 900 pubs, told Business Insider that curfews are "counterproductive." He said that "pubs are working very hard to implement sensible social distancing rules," and said that because of the curfew, people will socialize in other locations, "where there is no supervision."<div type="image" title="Tim Martin, founder of Wetherspoons pub chain (R) with Prime Minister Boris Johnson" height="2321" width="3430" msid="78345638" hostid="261"></div>A third of respondents to the <a href="https://www.cga.co.uk/2020/09/25/new-restrictions-to-cut-hospitality-visits-but-wont-end-socialising/">CGA survey</a> say they would be likely to invite friends back to their house after 10 p.m..Politicians have voiced similar arguments too. Ian Ward, leader of Birmingham City Council, <a href="https://www.birmingham.gov.uk/news/article/709/new_restrictions_announced_to_drive_down_infection_">said</a> on September 11 that strict rules in shops and restaurants made them safer than other people's houses, "where people are more relaxed and less vigilant."Wetherspoons has invested around £15 million on social distancing and hygiene measures, Martin said, including reducing capacity, installing protective screens, and providing hand sanitizers."It is clearly not the case that pubs are 'dangerous places to be,'" <a href="https://www.investegate.co.uk/wetherspoon--jd--plc/rns/update-announcement/202009140700098671Y/">Martin said</a>, addressing press coverage. Since pubs reopened on July 4, 6% of Wetherspoons pubs have reported cases of Covid-19 — including 66 staff members who tested positive.Greene King manages 1,700 pubs across the UK. Its chief executive Nick Mackenzie told Business Insider that fewer than 1% of them have been contacted by the National Health Service's Test &amp; Trace service since reopening in July.Mackenzie called the new restrictions a "significant setback," and said the curfew would disrupt a "key trading period" for the hospitality industry. It was especially damaging because pubs have fewer customers than usual because of social distancing, he said.Fast-food chains — including the CEOs of KFC, Pizza Hut, and Deliveroo — have also warned that the curfew could have a "catastrophic impact" on businesses."I am sorry this will hurt many businesses just getting back on their feet," Prime Minister Boris Johnson said as he announced the new measures.

The new 10 p.m. curfew on UK pubs, bars, and restaurants will 'devastate' the industry, owners say. 'It's hard to understand how this is the solution to fighting the disease.'

<ul class="summary-list"><li>The government of Punjab, <keyword id="3658" type="COUNTRY" weightage="60" keywordseo="India">India</keyword>, has ordered residents to stay inside after 6 p.m. on weekdays. </li><li>The government is also issuing a full weekend lockdown, from Friday at 6 p.m. to Monday at 5 a.m.</li><li>The curfew and lockdown come as <keyword id="8763838" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="covid-19">COVID-19</keyword> cases and deaths skyrocket across the country.</li></ul>The government of Punjab, India, has ordered a lockdown as COVID-19 cases surge across the country.The state ordered a 6 p.m. to 5 a.m. weekday curfew and a full weekend lockdown from Friday at 6 p.m. to Monday at 5 a.m., <a href="https://twitter.com/capt_amarinder/status/1386686935033253889">Chief Minister of Punjab Amarinder Singh said on Twitter.</a>"Urge you all to stay at home &amp; step out only if absolutely necessary. Seek your full cooperation," he said. <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/covid-india-cases-rising-record-infections-coronavirus-2021-4">India recorded more than 350,000 new COVID-19 cases on Sunda</a>y, marking the fifth day in a row the county broke world records for daily COVID-19 cases.

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