Keeping in view the rising covid19 cases, the Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday announced to extend lockdown by another week.
Announcing the lockdown, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said that in the duration of lockdown, all essential services with regard to food, medicine, etc would continue. We have decided to extend the weeklong lockdown in Delhi to till next Monday 5 a.m. to curb the spread of Coronavirus.
Delhi is reporting over 25,000 cases on daily basis. There is a crisis of oxygen; there is also a shortage of beds due to which the government is left with no other way than to extend the lockdown.
On Saturday, demanding extension of lockdown, Delhi BJP Spokesperson Praveen Shankar Kapoor said: "Most trade association office bearers feel that extension of curfew or lockdown beyond the morning of April 26 is very important in public health interest."
He pointed that many wholesale trade associations based in Old Delhi are voluntarily extending market closure but scattered markets in the city need government guideline or intervention.