PM Modi held a video conference to discuss the situation arising
out of the coronavirus outbreak and measures to deal with it.
Will the coronavirus
lockdown be extended in the national capital? The Delhi government will
follow the Centre's guidelines, officials said on Monday.
This comes after
Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a video conference with chief ministers to
discuss the situation arising out of the coronavirus outbreak and measures to
deal with it.
"We are preparing our submission which will be sent to the Centre soon," a senior government official said.
The official said
nine chief ministers spoke during the meeting with the prime minister in which
they discussed a range of issues, including the possibility of extending of the
lockdown, amid the rising number of coronavirus cases.
In West Bengal,
restrictions enforced to fight Covid-19
will continue till May 21 with curbs on normal life varying in intensity based
on the extent of spread of the viral infection in a particular area, Chief
Minister Mamata Banerjee said.
"We want the
restrictions to continue till May 21. We have to be careful till that
time," Banerjee told media persons at the state secretariat Nabanna.
The Chief
Minister, however, clarified that she was not announcing any extension on
lockdown, as that decision will be taken by the central government.
"I am talking
of restrictions, which is different from the lockdown," she added.
Banerjee said
while the restrictions would be strictly implemented in every red zone (areas
with large number of corona positive cases), the impact will be less severe in
orange zones (areas with a limited number of cases in the past and with no
surge in positive cases recently, where restricted activities would be
allowed).
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