Complete lockdown in Tripura on July 5: CM

Tripura government has anunced a 24-hour complete lockdown on Sunday to break chain of transmission of COVID-19.

Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb in a Facebook post late Tuesday night said lockdown, inspired by 'Janata curfew' held on March 22, would begin from 5 am on Sunday and end at 5 am next day.

He, however, said that his government was t planning to extend lockdown.

" way we all stayed at home on March 22 during Janata curfew anunced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in same way we would stay at home from 5 am on Sunday to next day 5 am," Deb wrote on social networking site.

"Tripura is in st 1 of COVID-19 outbreak and we need to be prepared for st 2 and 3. We have to be careful," he ded.

Only emergency services will be operational on during complete lockdown period, he said.

chief minister said Epidemic Act will be imposed in state on Sunday and asked people to here to lockdown rms.

State Education Minister Ratan Lal Nath, who is also cabinet spokesperson, on Tuesday said though Tripura is in a "good position", state government did t want to take risks.

" state government was compelled to anunce a lockdown on July 5 for sake of 37 lakh people of state," he said.

Nath said rate of recovery of COVID-19 patients in state has climbed to 80.25 per cent.

As of Tuesday, total number of COVID-19 cases in state stood at 1,394, officials said.

state has 308 active cases, while 1,086 patients have recovered from disease, y ded.