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THURSDAY, JUNE 30, 2022
India extends lockdown by two weeks, but loosens measures in lower-risk areas

Coronavirus chronicle

TBS Report
01 May, 2020, 08:10 pm
Last modified: 01 May, 2020, 09:32 pm

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India extends lockdown by two weeks, but loosens measures in lower-risk areas

The government said the stringent restrictions have kept coronavirus cases to a relatively low 35,365 as of Friday, with 1,152 deaths

TBS Report
01 May, 2020, 08:10 pm
Last modified: 01 May, 2020, 09:32 pm
FILE PHOTO: People wait to receive free food at an industrial area, during an extended nationwide lockdown to slow the spreading of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in New Delhi, India, April 23, 2020. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui
FILE PHOTO: People wait to receive free food at an industrial area, during an extended nationwide lockdown to slow the spreading of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in New Delhi, India, April 23, 2020. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui

The nationwide coronavirus lockdown in India will be extended by two more weeks after May 4.

 The Indian government announced the extension on Friday, noting significant gains from the six-week shutdown in India's fight to slow the spread of Covid-19, reports NDTV.

Extending the lockdown for the second time, the home ministry announced new guidelines based on the demarcation of the country into red zones with "significant risk of spread of the infection"; green zones with either zero cases or no confirmed cases in the past 21 days; and those in between as orange.

While some curbs will apply across the country, there will be considerable relaxations in districts in green and orange zones to revive economic activity that has been stalled during the tough restrictions in place since March 25.

The government said the stringent restrictions have kept coronavirus cases to a relatively low 35,365 as of Friday, with 1,152 deaths. No activity except most essential will be allowed in containment zones. The biggest and most economically-important cities including Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Chennai and Ahmedabad, all marked red zones, will stay under strict lockdown.

The main points of the Indian Home Ministry's lockdown extension guidelines are:

 

  1. The new guidelines say "for the well-being and safety" of the Indian people, movement will be banned between 7 pm and 7 am except for essential reasons. Those above 65, persons with co-morbidities, pregnant women and children below 10 will stay at home, except necessary.

  2. Travel by air, rail, metro and inter-state movement by road will remain banned. Schools, colleges, hotels, restaurants; cinemas, malls, shopping centres, gyms and sports complexes will also stay shut. Gatherings -- social, political, cultural and religious -- will also not resume for now

  3. All goods traffic will be allowed between states, without passes. Air, rail or road travel will be allowed with special permission only.

  4. In red zones, cars with two persons besides the driver and two-wheelers with a single rider will be allowed. Single shops can open in urban areas, whether for essential or non-essential goods. E-Commerce will be allowed for essential goods.

  5. Private offices can operate with up to 33 percent strength, with the rest on Work-From-Home.

  6. Banks, public utilities like power, water, sanitation, waste management, telecommunications and internet will remain open, and courier and postal services will be allowed to operate.

  7. Media, IT and IT-enabled services, data and call centres, cold storage and warehousing services, private security, plumbers and electricians will be allowed (not barbers).

  8. Shops selling liquor, paan, gutka and tobacco will be allowed in green and orange zones - if states want -- but they have to ensure "do gaz doori (six-feet distance)" and not more than five people at a time.

  9. In the orange zones, taxis and cab aggregators will be allowed to operate with one passenger. Cars can have two passengers besides the driver and pillion riding will be allowed on two-wheelers.

  10. In the Green Zones, all activities will reopen except those banned across the country. But in these areas, buses can operate only with half the seating capacity.

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