Centre extends lockdown in containment zones till July 31; Unlock 2 guidelines issued

Extending existing Coronavirus (COVID-19) lockdown, Ministry of Home Affairs on Monday, issued an order that lockdown on containment zones will continue till July 31. guidelines of 'Unlock 2' prohibits opening of educational institutions, international air travel, metro rail, cinema halls, bars, auditoriums, swimming pools, gymnasiums, and large congregations. MHA has shortened night curfew timing from 10 PM to 5 AM and stated national directives for COVID manment still apply.

Lockdown extended till July 31 : Unlock-2

According to new guidelines, dates to restart above-mentioned activities will be decided separately and SOPs will be issued for ir safe commencement. Moreover, domestic flights which are already functioning at 30% capacity will be expanded in a gradual manner. Inter and Intra-state travel including those for cross-border trade will continue without restrictions. Centre has also allowed movement via passenger trains, Shramik special trains, domestuc passenger air travel and Indians stranded abroad and has advised us of Aarogya Setu App for early detection of COVID-19.

States extend lockdown

Prior to Centre's lockdown extension - West Bengal, Maharashtra, Manipur, Nagaland, Jharkhand, Mizoram and Tamil Nadu extended lockdown in ir respective states. Most state governments have stated furr relaxations will be allowed in next phase. Assam has imposed lockdown in Guwahati, Telanagana is mulling to re-impose lockdown in Hyderabad, Karanataka has imposed Sunday lockdown from July 5.

Unlock-1

On May 30, Centre anunced that nationwide- Coronavirus lockdown has been extended in containment zones till June 30, 2020. Centre also anunced that re-opening of areas outside containment zones will be done in three phases, while night curfew timings were amended to 9:00 PM to 5 AM throughout nation, except for essential services. India's active cases stand at 2,10,120, recovered cases at 3,21,723 with 16,475 fatalities.

Previous Lockdowns

Centre had first imposed a complete lockdown on March 25 for three weeks till April 15. It was n extended till April 30. On May 1, when lockdown was re-imposed till May 15, MHA eased restrictions flagging off Shramik trains and anuncing an Aatma Nibhar Bharat pack, to revive ecomy. With more extensions, MHA n allowed delineation of red, green and orange zones as per state and UT governments, taking Ministry of Health & Family Welfare (MoHFW) into consideration - with most states n coming up with ir own guidelines.