The ongoing lockdown to contain the spread of coronavirus has been extended by two more weeks, and will now go on till May 17
The ongoing lockdown to contain the spread of coronavirus has been extended by two more weeks, and will now go on till May 17. The decision was announced through a government order issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs. “After a comprehensive review, and in view of the Lockdown measures having led to significant gains in the COVID-19 situation in the country, Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), Government of India (GoI) issued an Order under the Disaster Management Act, 2005, today, to further extend the Lockdown for a further period of two weeks beyond May 4, 2020,” the government order stated.
The red zones in the country, 130 districts in total, will witness no relaxations of the restrictions in the Lockdown 3.0 period, while those districts falling in orange and green zones will see some of the restrictions lifted.
Major metros including Delhi, Mumbai, Pune, Ahmedabad, Hyderabad, Lucknow, Indore and Jaipur fall in the red zone districts. Uttar Pradesh has 19 districts falling the red zone districts.
In the 284 orange zone districts, the hotspot areas will see restrictions equivalent to red zone districts, while the localities lying outside the hotspot areas will see some relaxations.
In the 319 green zone districts or places that have not reported any coronavirus infection for the last 21 days, there will be a significant relaxation of restrictions.
