The lockdown will be relaxed as per the guideline of the Center even in the hotspot zone or non-containment area of the red zone from 12 noon on April 20, but the state governments will have to ensure that people follow social distancing.
Health Ministry's Joint Secretary Luv Aggarwal said that in the last 28 days, not a single case was found in Mahi in Puducherry and Kodagu in Karnataka. <! -
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Now 10 new districts including Bareilly, Gaya, Kachar have been added to this list. Our effort is that no new cases come in these districts. It is very important to follow the lockdown to defeat the infection. Let us all try that there will be no cases in the Red Zone for the next 28 days and we can change the Orange Zone to Green Zone in the next 14 days.
'Tonight from 12 o'clock in some places non-container areas will be exempt. According to the guidelines, the state government can give exemption. Even there, the government will have to ensure compliance with the rules of social distancing. Traffic, education, industrial, hospitality, cinema hall, park, social, political, sports events, religious events will be banned till 3 May.
"State Governments can give relaxation in lockdown and change the rules according to their own." Will it be decided at the district level whether an office can be opened during lockdown exemption? If opening, then what kind of rescue measures will they have to take care of. ''
ICMR informed that 3 lakh 86 thousand 791 tests have been conducted so far. 37 thousand 173 tests were done on Saturday. Of these, 29 thousand 827 tests have been done in government labs and 7 thousand 886 tests have been done in private labs. A high-level team has been formed to prepare the medicine. It will include members from AYUSH, Ministry of Health, Drug Control Management and many other departments. It will work together with educational and research institutes.
