Keepingin view the recent spike in covid19 cases in Madhya Pradesh, the Chief MinisterShivraj Singh Chouhan today announced various restrictions including a weekendlockdown to contain the transmission.
Heannounced that there will be a strict lockdown in all the urban areas of thestate from tomorrow 6pm to Monday 6am. “We are also setting up containmentzones in big cities. The government doesn’t intend to impose a completelockdown, but as the cases are rising, it is necessary to control the spread,therefore, a weekend lockdown has been announced”, the Madhya Pradesh ChiefMinister said.
Talking to reporters on Thursday, he said that he hasreviewed the coronavirus situation in the state and has decided to place allurban areas under lockdown for two days from 6 p.m. on Friday evening to 6 a.m.on Monday morning. During this time, all the urban areas will be completelyshut.
Thelockdown has already been clamped in 13 districts of the state on Sundays. Nowthe government has decided to do a 60-hour lockdown in all urban areas startingFriday.
Thestate government a day earlier had announced a night curfew in all the citiesof Madhya Pradesh. But after a record 4,043 corona cases were discovered on asingle day on Wednesday, the government announced a Saturday-Sunday lockdown.
Thechief minister has appealed to all to wear mask, maintain social distancing andwash hands regularly.
MadhyaPradesh on Wednesday reported around 4,043 new coronavirus cases, taking thetotal infections tally in the state to 3, 18,014.