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Delhi govt extends lockdown till 7 June

The Delhi government extended the curfew “on the movement of individuals except for essential activities till 5 am on 7 June (Monday), or further orders whichever is earlier”.

Maharashtra govt extended Lockdown Curbs Till June 15

Lockdown restrictions in Maharashtra are extended for the next two weeks till June 15, a new set of guidelines will be issued on June 1

Rajasthan Lockdown Extended Till June 21

Issuing an order, the state government said the curbs have been extended to control the spread of Covid-19 in the state.

Karnataka lockdown extended till June 7

In view of the pandemic situation, lockdown in Karnataka has been extended till June 7, 2021, chief minister BS Yediyurappa informed

Full Lockdown in Jharkhand Extended Till 6 AM on June 10.

Issuing fresh guidelines, the state government said that the norms for travelling have also been relaxed and e-passes would not be required for inter-district movement.

Lockdown Extended In Odisha Till 5am on June 17

The Odisha government extended the State-wide lockdown till June 17 in view of the prevailing pandemic situation. The 16-day extension of the curbs will come into effect immediately.

Haryana extends lockdown till June 7

Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khatter announced an extension of the Covid-induced lockdown till June 7.

Uttar Pradesh lockdown extended till June 7 with some relaxations

According to an official order, shops and markets can operate between 7 am to 7 pm from Monday-Friday, except in containment zones. Restrictions will continue on Saturdays and Sundays.

Lockdown in Bihar has been extended till June 8.

The ongoing corona lockdown has been further extended in Bihar till June 8, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar announced.

Kerala extends ongoing lockdown till June 9

Kerala Government has announced an extension of COVID-induced ongoing complete lockdown till June 9 to control the spread of virus in the state.

Tamil Nadu Govt Extends Lockdown till June 7

Tamil Nadu government has extended lockdown till June 7 across the state to control Covid-19 spread.

Puducherry extends lockdown till June 7

Puducherry government has extended the Covid lockdown till the midnight of June 7 to curtail the second wave of the virus in the Union Territory..

Lockdown extended by a week in Uttarakhand, till June 9.

The Uttarakhand government extended the ‘corona curfew’ in the state till 6 am on June 9

Telangana government extended ongoing lockdown in the state, till June 10.

All activities will be allowed from 6am to 1pm, following which full lockdown will be imposed.

Nagaland govt extends total lockdown in the state till June 11

Existing guidelines with regard to lockdown will remain operative in the state till June 11.

Lockdown Extended in West Bengal Till June 15

Lockdown in West Bengal has been extended till June 15 due to Covid-19 pandemic

Sikkim extends lockdown till 5am on June 7

A top government source informed the state government extended the relaxation on ration shops and vegetable shops. The shops will be allowed to run from 7 am to 12 pm

Himachal Pradesh extends lockdown by one week till 7 June

The Himachal Pradesh government extended the coronavirus curbs till June 7, but announced relaxations, including increase in the opening hours of shops, an official spokesperson said.

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‘Corona curfew’ extended in several areas of Uttarakhand till May 10, in Chamoli till May 9

In wake of the surge in COVID-19 cases, the Uttarakhand governmet has extended the ‘Corona curfew’ in Dehradun, Haridwar, Udham Singh Nagar and Nainital districts till May 10 and in Chamoli till May 9.

Nainital District Magistrate Dhiraj Singh Garbiyal informed that shops dealing in essential items will open till 12 noon in the district. Medical stores, petrol pumps and gas supplies will also remain open in Nainital

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Kerala to impose complete lockdown from May 8 to 16.

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Thursday announced a statewide lockdown from May 8-16 to fight the surge in coronavirus cases.

Currently, night curfew is enforced from 9 pm to 5 am, with semi-lockdown-like curbs during weekends.

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Madhya Pradesh extends Covid-19 lockdown till May 15.

To break the chain of transmission of corona in the state we have to completely shut everything till May 15, strict ‘Janta Curfew’. We can’t shut things for too long but with more than 18 % positivity we can’t remain open: Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan.

Weddings are super spreader events. I urge all public representatives to motivate people that weddings do not take place in May: Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan

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Haryana Lockdown: How to Get e-Pass For Traffic Movement Within State?

While imposing lockdown in the state, the Haryana government has made it mandatory for people to get e-pass for the traffic movement within the state. Making the announcement, Haryana Home Minister Anil Vij said that it will be mandatory to carry departmental I-cards or government-issued passes for any traffic movement during the ongoing lockdown in the state. However, strict action will be initiated against those who are commuting without necessary documents.

During the emergency meeting, Anil Vij made it clear that Deputy Commissioners have been asked to make online traffic passes for people. Therefore, people should not leave their homes unnecessarily and people who are allowed to commute during the lockdown need to carry an e-pass or I-card. So for the e-passes, you can apply online at https://saralharyana....in Then the Deputy Commissioners will provide you e-passes.

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Rajasthan imposes complete lockdown from May 10 morning to 5 am on May 24.

The Ashok Gehlot government on Thursday announced to impose a complete lockdown in Rajasthan from 5 am on May 10 to 5 am on May 24 to contain the COVID-19 surge.

Marriages should be held after May 31, the government order said. No permission will be granted for wedding events, including reception parties and DJs etc. However, if a marriage ceremony is supposed to be held, the concerned families should perform all the rituals inside their residences or in court. Not more than 11 people would be permitted at the event.

Owners of marriage halls, catering and tent service providers will have to either return the advance amount paid by customers for weddings in this period or mutually agree to organise the wedding at a later date.

No hotels or banquets would be allowed t host wedding functions. No ‘halwai’, tent persons would be allowed, the order further stated.

As COVID-19 cases have been detected in the real belts across Rajasthan, the projects under MNREGA will remain suspended.

The government has also prohibited movement from one city/village to another city/village within the state.

All private and public vehicles except those engaged in medical services will remain off-road during the lockdown.

Inter and intra-state movement of goods and commodities will be permitted

All religious places to remain shut.

The health department would be issuing guidelines regarding the attendants of COVID patients staying out at the hospitals.

Incoming travellers to Rajasthan would have to provide a negative RTPCR test certificate, failing which the concerned person will be kept in 15 days quarantine.

The industrial or the factory units have been asked to arrange a bus facility for the migrant workers.

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Delhi makes 14-day institutional quarantine compulsory for those arriving from Andhra, Telangana.

All persons arriving in the national capital from Andhra Pradesh and Telangana will have to undergo mandatory government institutional quarantine. This comes after reports of a more virulent variant of the virus found in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, that reportedly has a shorter incubation period and a higher transmission rate. All passengers coming by airlines, trains, buses, cars, trucks, or any other mode of transportation will have to quarantine for 14 days at facilities established or identified by the concerned District Magistrate. Any person who has been successfully received both doses of the vaccine and produces a certificate to the effect, or have negative RT-PCR report not older than 72 hours prior to undertaking the journey will be allowed home quarantine for 7 days.

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Month-long Lockdown, Pop-up Hospitals, Vaccine: Dr Fauci on India’s Covid Conundrum.

India needs to pull together – as a united nation – bereft of political divisiveness to beat the common enemy which is the virus, said Dr Fauci.

Dr Fauci: Well, the thing that stands out, it has the dynamics, is really somewhat similar to the extraordinarily large wave that we had in the United States. At the end of the fall in the beginning of the winter where we were seeing 300,000 cases per day, and we were up at around 3,000 and sometimes as high and as close to 4,000 deaths per day. So there is a similarity there as I’ve mentioned when I was asked by several members of the Indian press, what my recommendation would be and what I thought would be going on.

I think it’s clear that you have to take the step of shutting down most of the country, particularly the involved areas and I don’t mean shutting down for six months, you don’t need to do that. You just need to break the chain of transmission, and one can do that by shutting down to the extent possible for two, three weeks, four weeks, and then as soon as the cases start coming down and you vaccinate more people, then you can get ahead of the trajectory of the outbreak because obviously, you’ve got to get as many people vaccinated as you possibly can. And when you do that, we’ve got to do public health measures.

The other thing that, at least from my viewpoint, looking at India from a distance, what we’re seeing on TV and in the printed press, is that there’s a dire need for hospital beds, people are not able to get a hospital bed. So the United States has responded, both with oxygen cylinders as well as oxygen generators, and PPE etc.

In so many respects, India has helped out other countries, when they’ve had difficulties, so I think as part of solidarity with India, we really need to show that we are really very concerned. One of the things that I thought that you might be able to do as you recall when the Chinese had their big surge over a year ago, they very rapidly put up hospitals, almost like field hospitals for the military. In the United States, our National Guard has been very helpful, for example, in the distribution of vaccines. If you can mobilise the Indian military to help out and maybe put up field hospitals, the way you would do for example, during armed conflict, that could temporarily alleviate the shortage of hospital beds.

The last time India went into a nationwide lockdown, we are still reeling under the economic repercussions.

I think it’s very clear from experiences that we’ve now had throughout the world, in these terrible 16 months that we’ve gone through that the economy is going to suffer badly if you don’t control the outbreak. So when you try and balance it, preserving the economy versus keeping the outbreak going, the best thing to do is to shut down the outbreak. When you close for a few weeks, the economy will recover. The economy is going to recover without a doubt. Look at what’s happened in the United States to the economy, it’s recovering very nicely. So I would think that if you’re talking about shutting down for a prolonged period of time, that’s a different story. But if you’re shutting down just long enough to break the chain of transmission, in the long run, it will be beneficial to the economy, as opposed to it being detrimental.

Two things are different this time around – a lot more younger people are getting affected, and a lot more people are asking for oxygen, having breathing issues. This is not something we noticed in the first wave.

Well, it appears that there are two types of variants now, in India, at least. One is the B117 which is the UK variant, which seems to be concentrating in New Delhi. And then there’s the 617, which seems to be more concentrating in Maharashtra. Now, that being the case, both of those have an increased capability of transmitting better and more efficiently than the original Wuhan strain from over a year ago that spread throughout the world. So, since it has a better capability of transmitting, you would expect to see all kinds of people young and old, getting infected more. The fact that people seem to be requiring oxygen more frequently, is entirely conceivable and there are data suggesting that this virus may be a bit more virulent, or a bit more dangerous, in the sense of making people more seriously ill, than the original virus. Both of those things could explain both younger people getting infected because the more efficient a virus spreads, the more people that can get infected, but also the requirement for oxygen very well may reflect the fact that it might be a bit more pathogenic.

What can India do to expedite the vaccination process and I’m looking for examples of things to learn from the US experience where I believe you’ve vaccinated more than 200 million people.

Well, there are two parts of the vaccination programme, and it may be that India right now is not in a position to have both of those going at the same time. One is to have an adequate supply of vaccine coming in at a rapid rate as you probably know, the United States contracted with multiple companies, particularly the two major mRNA companies as well as J&J. We contracted for a total of 600 million doses and each month there was a very good flow or cadence of vaccines coming in. That’s the first thing, the second thing was when President Joe Biden became president, he immediately instituted a very efficient way of implementing the delivery of vaccines into people’s arms. We did community vaccine centres, federally qualified health centres, pharmacies, mobile units. We got vaccinated as volunteers who are physicians and nurses who came out of retirement. We got our National Guard to help out. So it was a very, very aggressive – in a positive sense – effort to get the vaccine that we have into the arms of people. However, you can’t do that unless you have a steady supply. And so it seems that is what India has to do. Because remember, prior to this, India was the largest vaccine producing country in the world. So you’ve got to now take your own resources, make vaccine yourself. I know there’s a supply shortage, but try and get as many supplies as possible to rev up your own capability, and then try and get it from other countries.

Yesterday, the decision was taken by the US to waive off patent rights for many of the pharma companies manufacturing vaccines. What do you think of that decision? Will that help developing countries like India?

It will, but it won’t be an immediate fix because if companies transfer and don’t get any patent restrictions and are allowed to develop the technology to develop an mRNA vaccine, let’s say in New Delhi and Mumbai or wherever. The fact is, that’s going to take a while to get that up and running. So that’s a good solution intermediately and in the long range, but it doesn’t solve the problem that India has today and tomorrow or the next day. What you need now is for the vaccines to put directly into someone’s arm. You will need, in a year or in six months, the capability of manufacturing by technology transfer, but that’s going to take several months to a year to get running.

Have you or the CDC or any other institute had a chance to genome sequence or study the new variants in further detail?

Literally, as I’m speaking to you within the next few days to a week, we’ll be able to know what the capability of the currently-used vaccines is and to what degree they protect against the 617 variant.

So, you’re saying to deal with this current wave, more than vaccines, it is about having field hospitals, increasing bed capacity, making oxygen available. What would your prescription be to the Government of India if they were to ask for your advice?

I think you have to look at it as an immediate, an intermediate and a longer range. Right now, immediately, you have people dying, you have people needing hospitalisation. You’ve got to get them oxygen, drugs, personal protective equipment, a variety of things to save their lives. You’ve got to get hospital beds now, you can’t have people out in the street in taxi cabs getting oxygen, the way we see on the international TV, media, you have to correct that problem right now. Then there’s the intermediate, how do we get more vaccines so that we can prevent people from falling sick three weeks or a month from now. That means you got to get vaccines that are already produced. Then, in the longer range, you’ve got to be able to get the transfer of the right vaccine technology so that over the next six months to a year, you can prevent subsequent waves from coming in. So I look at it as three phases. Today, a few weeks to a month from now and many months to a year from now.

Is there a fear of a third wave and a fourth wave, because it seems like with each new wave, the intensity of the disease, its ability to spread and to cause long term damage is that much more.

We’re experiencing that when you get a good vaccine, like the ones we’re vaccinating with, you get a higher tide of neutralising antibodies that not only protect against the original virus but there is a spill-over effect – not 100 per cent – but enough to protect people from getting a serious disease from the variants. So what I believe will happen is that if India now gets as many people vaccinated as they possibly can with their large population of 1.4 billion people now, even when we get new variants, the vaccination that you do now will very likely cushion or buffer the effect of a new variant. It may come, but I don’t think you’re going to get a very serious disease if you get almost everybody vaccinated because even though the vaccine may not be specific against the variant, it will have some effect against the variant.

There seems to be a lot of emphasis on Remdesivir and also steroids like Dexamethasone. I know there isn’t a standard prescription for this but what would your advice be as to when to go in for these medicines?

Right now, you want specific drugs against the virus to begin very early on, when people get symptoms to prevent them from going to the hospital. Once they’re in the hospital and require mechanical ventilation or high flow oxygen, that’s a different type of pathogenesis, you’ve got to suppress the inflammation, and the aberrant immune response. That’s the reason why Dexamethasone works so well. And next semester will embarrass cinnamon and other things that suppress inflammation. So you have to have two poles of the treatment, one early on to prevent people from going to the hospital and then once they’re there, and they get seriously ill, you’ve got to suppress that apparent inflammation.

Dr Fauci, you’ve led an entire nation through a very turbulent time of Covid-19. You were a voice of reassurance in your daily briefings. What has been the biggest learning for you that you would like to share with readers in India?

I think you can learn from the difficulties that other countries have had. In the United States, when we went through a very difficult time and we’re still not out of it completely, one of the things you’ve got to do is pull together as a united nation. You can’t have divisiveness among you, the common enemy is the virus. So you’ve got to put aside all political disagreements, all ideological differences and focus on one thing, like a laser beam. The enemy is the virus. You’ve got to fight the virus together, particularly when you have a big, diverse country like the United States, and a big diverse country like India, you’ve got to put all of your resources and focus just on the virus, that’s the lesson that I’ve learned.

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Eight-day strict lockdown announced for Solapur district from 8pm on Saturday, May 8.

An eight-day strict lockdown has been announced for Solapur district starting from 8pm on Saturday. All essential shops to remain shut, only home delivery of essentials is allowed. Solapur is one of the 30 districts in the country which is reporting a consistent rise in Covid cases for the last two weeks

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Full Lockdown in Karnataka Might be Imposed, Will Take Decision in 2 Days, Says CM Yediyurappa.

Amid surmounting pressure to impose full lockdown in Karnataka from various quarters, Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa on Friday hinted that a complete shutdown in the state might have to be imposed as Covid-19 cases continue to surge. Speaking to India Today, CM Yediyurappa said a full lockdown might have to be imposed in Karnataka as people in the state have not been following COVID guidelines and the cases are on the rise. Notably, Yediyurappa said the state government would decide on a complete lockdown in Karnataka in just two days.

“As people of the state are not following the COVID protocols. It might be inevitable to go in for a complete lockdown in Karnataka. We will decide in two days,” CM Yediyurappa was quoted as saying by India Today.

To keep a check on the Covid-19 cases, experts from various quarters have been suggesting stringent rules and a lockdown models in Karnataka. “At least in two weeks we will see a peak in Karnataka,” Dr Giridhara R Babu, who is a professor and head of Life Course Epidemiology at the Public Health Foundation of India, told PTI. Babu, who is a member of the Technical Advisory Committee on COVID, said the case detection is at present erratic because the testing numbers have reduced, especially in Bengaluru.

On Thursday, Karnataka Health Minister K Sudhakar also said that the state is likely to adopt more stringent measures to check the spread of the Covid pandemic, and in all probability, it may opt for a complete lockdown after the current phase of partial lockdown ends on May 12.

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Temples to remain shut during lockdown in Kerala.

Major temples in Kerala including the famed Lord Ayyappa shrine in Sabarimala will not be opened for devotees during the time of nine-day lockdown in the state, being imposed by the government from Saturday (May 8) morning to curb the COVID-19 surge.

The Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB), the apex body in the southern state which manages over 1,200 temples, on Thursday said shrines under its management would not permit devotees in its premises for darshan during the lockdown period.

However, daily rituals would be conducted without any fail, TDB authorities said. The time of rituals may be rearranged during the period from 7 AM-10 AM and 5-7 PM after consulting with the ‘tantri’ (head priest) of the respective shrines, they said.

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Six-day lockdown in Maha’s Latur from May 8.

Considering the rise in coronavirus cases, a six-day lockdown will be imposed in Latur district of Maharashtra from May 8, officials said on Friday.

The lockdown will come into force from 7 am on Saturday, they said. “To contain the spread of coronavirus, the administration has decided to impose a strict lockdown in Latur district. It will continue till May 13,” an official said.

On Thursday, 1,195 fresh COVID-19 cases were reported in Latur district, which took its overall infection count to 78,090. So far, 1,467 patients have lost their lives and 65,015 patients have recovered in the district. There are 11,608 active COVID-19 cases in Latur at present, the official said.

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Goa govt announces 15-day curfew from Sunday, May 9 till May 23

Goa chief minister Pramod Sawant on Friday announced a 15-day statewide curfew which will start from Sunday, May 9. till May 23.

Announcing the restrictions, Sawant said that an RT-PCR negative certificate or vaccination certification will be compulsory for all tourists and weddings “should be cancelled and the state government will not grant any permissions,”

Essential services including medical supplies allowed. Grocery shops allowed to remain open from 7am-1pm, restaurant takeaway orders allowed from 7am- 7pm.

A detailed order regarding the state-level curfew will be released by 4pm tomorrow.

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Telangana extends night curfew till May 15.

Telangana government on Friday extended the night curfew for another one week. The state government said the statewide night curfew will come into effect at 9 pm and continues till 5 am until May 15, Saturday.

During the night curfew, all companies, offices, establishments, restaurants, etc will remain shut by 8 pm. However, essential services like media, telecom, delivery of all goods, petrol pumps, and medical services like hospitals, pharmacies, etc will remain exempted from the curfew.

The movement of all persons will remain prohibited from 9 pm except essential workers, pregnant women, nursing staff, journalists, paramedics, a person coming from/going to airports, railway stations, bus stands on the production of valid tickets.

Additionally, there will be no restriction on inter-state and intra-state movement/transportation of essential or non-essential goods.

Maximum 100 people allowed at weddings, with the observing of COVID protocols and 20 people allowed at funerals.

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Complete lockdown in Karnataka from 10th May 6 am to 24th May 6 am.

As Covid-19 cases are surging in the state, corona curfew was not successful. So, a complete lockdown will be imposed from 10th May 6 am to 24th May 6 am.

Shops selling milk, vegetables, groceries, meat shops and other essential items will be allowed to remain open from 6am to 10am

It’s a temporary decision of lockdown, I request migrant labourers to not leave: Karnataka CM BS Yediyurappa

Not even a single person will be allowed after 10 am in the lockdown, I have suggested police officers to take stringent action. We have decided this after looking at the death toll and increasing number of cases.

Here is what will be open and what stays closed:

  • The movement of essential goods and services are allowed, and shops selling groceries, fruits and vegetables, can remain open from 6 am to 6 pm.
  • Road repair work and cargo vehicles can operate during the lockdown.
  • Shops and other commercial units like hotels, pubs, bars and industries that are not directly related to providing essential services will have to pull down their shutters.
  • All cinema halls, shopping malls, gymnasiums, sports complexes, stadiums, playgrounds, swimming pools, parks, entertainment parks, clubs, theatres, bars and auditoriums, assembly halls and similar places shall remain closed in the state.
  • Hotels, restaurants and eateries will be permitted to operate kitchens for take away and home delivery of food items only.
  • No vehicles will be allowed to be used by persons for taking parcels/takeaway. Only movement by walk is allowed for this purpose. However, hotels, restaurants and eateries can use vehicles for home delivery:
  • Schools, colleges, educational/coaching institutions etc. will remain closed. Online/ distance learning shall continue to be permitted and shall be encouraged in the state.
  • All cinema halls, shopping malls, gymnasiums, sports complexes, stadia, playgrounds, swimming pools, parks, entertainment parks, clubs, theatres, bars and auditoriums, assembly halls and similar places will remain shut.
  • All social, political, sports, entertainment, religious functions and gatherings have been banned amid the lockdown period.
  • All religious places will be closed for public.
  • Only takeaway is allowed from standalone liquor shops and outlets, from 6 am to 10am.
  • Banks, insurance offices and ATM will continue to operate.
  • Marriages already scheduled are permitted strictly adhering to Covid-appropriate behaviour with a maximum of 50 people.
  • Cremation and funerals will be allowed with maximum of 5 people adhering to Covid-appropriate behavior.

Transport services:

  • Only flights and trains scheduled will continue to operate during this period
    Metro rail services will be stopped.
  • Taxis (including auto rickshaws) and services of cab aggregators will be prohibited, except while hired for emergency and or for essential services.
  • No movement of public or private buses or passenger vehicles will be allowed during the lockdown period, except for essential services.
  • Flight and train tickets shall serve as the passes for movement of persons by personal vehicles/taxis/cab aggregators/auto rickshaws to board flight and trains.
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Night curfew in Arunachal Pradesh from Saturday, May 8 to May 31, no ILP to be issued in May

Night curfew — from 6.30 pm to 5 am — will be imposed in Arunachal Pradesh for the entire month, starting Saturday, and all shops and business establishments have been told to down shutters by 4 pm, as part of the state government’s measures to check the spread of COVID-19, a senior official said here. According to the government order, released on Friday, inner line permits (ILPs) will not be issued to tourists during the month, and government offices will have to function with 50 per cent Group C and Group D staff on any given day. No curb has been imposed on employees belonging to Group A and Group B categories, the order said.

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Nobody will Go Hungry During Lockdown’ Says Kerala CM, Free Food Kits, Community Kitchens to Start Next Week.

Nobody will go hungry during the lockdown. Next week onwards free food kits will be distributed for all families and guest workers. Food will be delivered to the needy from People’s Restaurants and Community Kitchens through Local Self Government Institutions: Kerala Chief Minister.

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Total lockdown in Mizoram for seven days from May 10, till May 17.

The Mizoram government on Friday announced a 7-day “total lockdown” commencing from 4 am of May 10 to curtail the spread COVID-19 in the state, a government order said.

The “total lockdown” will remain in force till 4 am of May 17 and no resident of the capital and district headquarter towns will be allowed to come out of their homes, it said.

However, shops dealing with essential commodities, vegetables and meats will be opened only on Thursday till 5 pm in these towns, the order said.

Aizawl and district headquarters are currently in the lockdown mode.

All state government offices barring health and family welfare, home, disaster management and rehabilitation, finance, information and public relations, civil aviation, district administrations and offices under the central government will be closed during the complete lockdown, it said.

The order said that the government has decided to enforce total lockdown as it felt that it is necessary to impose more restrictions on the movement of people and their activities to control and prevent the further spread of the pandemic.

Intra-state and inter-village movements have been strictly prohibited except under exceptional or very essential case during the period, it said.

Although the inter-state border will remain open, returnees or visitors will be allowed in only through those entry points opened by the state government. If they have tested negative for coronavirus they will be kept in mandatory home isolation for 10 days, the order said.

The returnees can opt for paid quarantine, community quarantine or government facilities if they do not have room for self-isolation and will be required to undergo RT-PCR test after 10 days, it said.

Quarantine will not be mandatory for people visiting the state for les than 96 hours provided they produce COVID-19 negative certificates from ICMR recognised RT-PCR on their arrival.

Certificates from Truenat or CBNAT labs after rapid antigen tests will also be accepted but should not be older than 96 hours, the order said.

Places of worship, educational institutions, public parks, picnic spots, movie theatres, gymnasiums, community halls, restaurants, shopping complexes, malls, shops will be closed during the lockdown in all parts of the state.

Social gatherings have also been prohibited during the period

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Tamil Nadu announces 14-day complete lockdown from May 10 till May 24.

A complete lockdown for 14 days will be imposed in Tamil Nadu to stop the spread of Covid-19 infection in the state. The lockdown will begin from May 10 and continue till May 24.

A complete lockdown for 14 days will be imposed in Tamil Nadu to stop the spread of Covid-19 infection in the state. The Tamil Nadu government has imposed a complete lockdown in the state from May 10 till May 24, owing to the rise in the Covid-19 cases for the past few days.

Announcing the lockdown in Tamil Nadu, the government has said the shutdown decision was taken due to “unavoidable circumstances” in the state owing to the rise in Covid-19 cases. The lockdown announcement is one of the first major decisions taken by Chief Minister MK Stalin after taking oath on Friday.

During the complete lockdown from May 10, vegetable, meat and fish shops and provisional stores will be allowed to operate only till 12 noon. All other shops will remain closed.

State-owned liquor shops, Tasmac will remain closed during the 14-day complete lockdown in Tamil Nadu. Restaurants will be allowed to open only for takeaway services.

During the 14-day complete lockdown in Tamil Nadu, only essential services will be allowed to operate. Petrol and diesel bunks will remain open during the lockdown.

During the complete lockdown from Monday, May 10, all shops will be allowed to remain open on Saturday and Sunday from 6 am to 9 pm to help people prepare for the two-week complete lockdown.

Other services and tasks allowed to continue during the lockdown are banks (with 50 per cent staff) and ration shops. Restaurants will only be allowed takeaways.

No cabs or autorickshaws can ply on road except for hospital or wedding/funeral work, the order said.

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Full Lockdown in Kerala From Today, Saturday May 8 till May 16: State Govt Relaxes Guidelines For Banks, Financial Services.

Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said the functioning of banks should be arranged on alternative three days in a week.

Looking at the rising cases of coronavirus, the Kerala government has imposed a nine-day complete lockdown from May 8 to contain the spread of the virus. On Friday, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said the COVID protocols in Kerala will be enforced strictly with a modification in guidelines for the financial sector like banks. Issuing a fresh order, the Chief Minister said the functioning of banks should be arranged on alternative three days in a week.

As per the order from the state government, now the banks, insurance, financial services, capital and debt market services as notified by SEBI and cooperative credit societies will function only on alternate days during the lockdown – Monday, Wednesday and Friday.

Giving further details, the chief minister said to ease the burden on the people due to the spread of disease and lockdown measures, the government would continue to provide free provision kits to all ration card holders, irrespective of categories this month too.

According to him, the steps taken for strict enforcement of the lockdown include deployment of about 25,000 police personnel under the leadership of top police officers holding responsibility of law and order, to ensure adherence to guidelines. Stringent measures would be adopted to control movement of the people.

During the lockdown, the chief minister, however, said the movement of goods will be permitted and the construction activities will be allowed to ensure that income sources of guest workers are not affected.

However, anyone violating the guidelines would be liable to be proceeded against under the relevant provisions of the Disaster Management Act-2005,Kerala Epidemic Diseases Ordinance-2021 and other relevant laws in force. The chief minister added that police would issue passes for those who wished to go out for emergency purposes.

During this lockdown, there would also be a complete shutdown of roadside shops selling fast food. The government, however, allowed opening of vehicle repair workshops in the last two days of the week.

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Tamil Nadu Lockdown: Who Needs E-Pass, Who is Exempted & How To Apply For It

The Tamil Nadu government on Saturday announced clamping a two-week ‘total lockdown’ across the state starting May 10 to curb the surge in COVID-19 cases. The total lockdown will be enforced from 4 am on May 10 to 4 am on May 24, Chief Minister M K Stalin said in a statement.

Among those allowed to work during the lockdown period include media, courier firms, hospitals and related services, fuel outlets, continuous process industries, data centers, and telecom services.

State-run Amma Canteens will remain open, platform vendors selling vegetables and flowers can do so till 12 pm and fair price shops will work from 8 am to 12 noon. Tea stalls also have to down shutters by noon.

Standalone shops selling vegetables, groceries, provision items, fish and meat products can remain open till 12 noon with only fifty percent customers. Tea stalls have to down shutters by noon. E-commerce firms distributing these can do so till noon.

Offices of government departments other than those dealing with essential services including Health, Revenue, Police, Fire and Rescue Services and Disaster Management will not function.

Who needs an e-pass?

  • Those travelling for weddings, funeral, interview or exams
  • Those going for COVID-19 vaccination
  • Bank employees
  • People going to ATM
  • Private security personnel
  • People coming to Tamil Nadu from other Indian states and overseas.
  • Intra-district and inter-district government/private bus, taxi, autorickshaw service will be banned except for those travelling to attend weddings, job interviews and to hospitals but they will need proper proof.

Who’s exempted?

  • Those working in essential services like the delivery of milk, newspaper, courier service, hospitals, medical diagnostic labs, ambulance and hearse services.
  • Pavement shops/vendors selling vegetables and flowers can function till 12 noon.
  • Train and flight passengers will be allowed to move on production of tickets.
  • Government officials need to show their valid ID card
    Print and Electronic Media Personnel (on the production of valid ID card).

Step-by-step guide of how to get an e-pass in Tamil Nadu:

  • You will need to register yourself before filling the form. Enter your mobile number and the captcha to receive an OTP.
  • Once you enter the OTP, you will be directed to a page where there are options to apply for e-pass for travel via road (private vehicles) and air for both individuals and groups, business round trip, guest workers from other states and commercial establishments, industries, businesses, traders and financial companies.
  • After selecting the type of e-pass that you require, you need to fill in necessary details such as your name, address (home and destination), range of travel (inter-district/inter-state), duration of travel, number of passengers, vehicle details, ID proof, reason for travel etc.
  • You will need to furnish the required documents for the travel, such as medical records in case of a medical emergency or wedding invitation if the journey is for a wedding.
  • Once the details are filled in, a verification will be done. Both documents and ID proof have to be submitted.
    Once they are confirmed, the e-pass will be processed.
  • You will be required to present your Aadhar Card or Voter ID, PAN Card, address proof, vehicle license and employment ID to avail the e-pass.
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Lockdown in Puducherry from May 10 to May 24.

With the union territory of Puducherry witnessing a surge in coronavirus cases, the territorial government on Saturday imposed a two-week lockdown starting from May 10, in a bid to curb its spread. The Secretary to Government (Relief and Rehabilitation), Ashok Kumar, in an order, said the lockdown would be in addition to the night curfew already in force from 10 pm to 5 am the next day. The lockdown was being imposed as there was no let up in the increased cases of coronavirus in the Union Territory, he said

“The lock down will be in force for two weeks from May 10 midnight to May 24,” he said in the order. The order said people should remain indoors and not come out except for permitted and essential activities.

  • All beaches, parks, gardens will be closed for the public on all days.
  • Gathering and congregation in any form will be strictly prohibited.
  • Social, political, sports, entertainment, academic, cultural or festival related and other gatherings in both open and closed spaces shall be prohibited, the notification read.
  • The essential services will be permitted with terms and conditions. “Provision stores, vegetable shops, shops dealing with food, groceries, meat, fish animal fodder shall be permitted to function till 12 noon without air-conditioning facility,” it added.
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Corona curfew extended till 17 may in up Uttar Pradesh

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The Uttar Pradesh government on Sunday decided to extend the curfew in the state till May 17.

Amid a spike in coronavirus cases, the Uttar Pradesh government on Sunday decided to extend the curfew in the state till 7 am on May 17.

The restrictions will remain in force till 7 AM, May 17. During this period, all essential services will be allowed, however, people would need an e-pass for intra-district and inter-district travel. One can easily apply for an e-pass by visiting the official website of the Uttar Pradesh government— https://rahat.up.n...n/

What’s Allowed, What’s Shut.

  • Essential and Medical emergency services allowed.
  • All shops and establishments to remain closed.
  • Private and govt offices to stay shut.
  • Wedding (with a cap of 100 people, 50 people in closed areas) and funeral (with a cap of 20 people) services.
  • Restaurants, bars, sports complexes, gyms to remain closed.
  • Educational institutes, such as schools and colleges, will remain closed.
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Delhi lockdown extended by a week till May 17, announces CM Arvind Kejriwal

Lockdown will be strict this time – Delhi government on Sunday extended the lockdown in the national capital by one week till 5 am on May 17. During this period, metro services will also be suspended.

We have used lockdown period to further ramp up health infrastructure. Oxygen supply was an issue; situation in Delhi improving now.

Meanwhile, the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation tweeted: “In the wake of revised guidelines issued today by the Govt. of NCT of Delhi, on extension of Curfew in Delhi for the containment of Covid-19, the Delhi Metro services on all its Lines shall also remain suspended for passenger/essential services from 10 May till 5:00 AM of 17 May.”

HERE’S WHAT ALL HAS BEEN PROHIBITED:

  • There will be a complete prohibition of the marriage ceremony in public places— marriage halls, banquet halls, hotels and similar places.
  • The marriage may be organised in Court or homes in which no more than 20 people will be allowed to participate
  • The movement for the said shall be allowed with the production of soft copy or hard copy of marriage card
  • The DJ, sound system, catering or similar kind of services will not be allowed for the marriage ceremony.
  • All authorities concerned shall be responsible for ensuring Covid Appropriate Behaviour viz wearing of a mask, maintaining social distancing in all mandis, lSBTs, railway platforms/stations as well as at all shops which are providing essential goods and services during curfew such as grocery shops, medicine shops, fruits and vegetable shops, roadside vendors.
  • No shops (of non-essential commodities or services) or weekly markets to function illegally within the jurisdiction of respective District Magistrates. The defaulting persons, shopkeepers, weekly marketers will be liable to strict action as per the applicable laws and rules.
  • Police authorities shall ensure effective checking of movement of persons and vehicles by putting an adequate number of checking points/pickets with the objective to prevent unnecessary movement of people on roads during curfew.
  • Delhi Police shall also ensure that movement of individuals and vehicles should be allowed strictly as per the guidelines/protocols prescribed in the curfew order.
  • However, essential workers being allowed to travel by showing their identity cards, and others being able to apply for an e-pass.
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J&K extends curfew in all 20 districts till May 17

Jammu and Kashmir Sunday announced that an extension of curfew in all 20 districts till 7 am May 17.

With over 46,000 active positive cases, all 20 districts will be placed under the curfew. Essential services will be permitted, gathering permissible for marriages is reduced to 25 only.

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30 states/UTs under some lockdown,

Data show that while we may not have nationwide lockdown in place, as many as 30 states and union territories have some form of restrictions in place.

Nearly 98 per cent of India’s population is under some form of lockdown.

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Among states, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka, Rajasthan, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Maharashtra, Jharkhand, Odisha, Haryana, Chandigarh, Chhattisgarh, Mizoram and Puducherry have full lockdown in place. Even in other states such as Gujarat, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, West Bengal, Punjab, Uttarakhand, Goa, J&K, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Nagaland, Meghalaya, Sikkim and Himachal Pradesh, there are restrictions in place. But they are not as stringent as full lockdown.

While states like Tamil Nadu and Kerala have been giving cash handouts and food packets to the ration cardholders, other states are yet to announce welfare schemes to cushion the blow of lockdown on the vulnerable sections of the population.

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Meghalaya Govt Extends Lockdown in East Khasi Hills District Till May 17

Weekend lockdown will continue throughout the state from 10 PM every Friday up to 5 AM every Monday

In order to curb the spread of COVID-19, the Meghalaya government on Saturday extended lockdown in East Khasi Hills district till May 17, Deputy Chief Minister Prestone Tynsong said. State capital Shillong is located in East Khasi Hills district.

Earlier, a complete lockdown had been imposed in the district from 8 PM of May 5 to 5 AM of May 10. Of the new 297 COVID-19 cases recorded in the northeastern state on Friday, 180 were recorded in the East Khasi Hills district alone.

Out of the total 199 COVID-19 fatalities in Meghalaya till Friday, 168 deaths were reported from the district. The deputy chief minister said that weekend lockdown will continue throughout the state from 10 PM every Friday up to 5 AM every Monday.

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