At the time when Central and State Governments has imposed lockdown in over 90 districts across 17 states & 5 Union Territories, look what WHO has to say. Amid the covid-19 pandemic, the World Health Organization (WHO) has given some serious advice against the lockdowns. It argued that the deadly virus may resurge later if efficient public health measures were not taken simultaneously.
As per the WHO top emergency expert, Mike Ryan, countries can`t merely lock down themselves to fight the covid-19 outbreak. There is need of public health measures to avoid a resurgence of the virus later on.”
He further added, "What we really need to focus on is finding those who are sick, those who have the virus, & isolate them, find their contacts and isolate them. The danger right now with the lockdowns is if we don`t put in place the strong public health measures now, when those movement restrictions & lockdowns are lifted, the danger is the disease will jump back up."
What will be open/close in lockdown?
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Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal has imposed a lockdown in Delhi from 6am today i.e. 23rd March to the midnight of March 31, to fight the covid-19 outbreak.
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Grocery shops, chemists, dairies & petrol pumps will remain open, said the Chief Minister. All essential services like medical services will function.
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No public transport services, such as private buses, autos and e-rickshaws, will be working. Only 25% of the Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) bus fleet will be working to carry people delivering essential services.
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No document or proof will be sought from people if they say that they are out on streets to provide or avail any essential service, the CM added.
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Delhi Metro, along with other metro services across the country, will be suspended till March 31.
List of States under lockdown in India:
Nagaland
Lockdown: State-wide
Till: Indefinite period
Coronavirus cases: Zero
Punjab:
Lockdown: State-wide
Till: March 31
Coronavirus cases: 21
Delhi:
Lockdown: State-wide
Till: March 31
Coronavirus cases: 29
Rajasthan
Lockdown: State-wide
Till: March 31
Coronavirus cases: 25
Uttarakhand
Lockdown: State-wide
Till: March 31
Coronavirus cases: 3
Andhra Pradesh
Lockdown: State-wide
Till: March 31
Coronavirus cases: 6
Telangana
Lockdown: Statewide
Till: March 31
Coronavirus cases: 26
Chhattisgarh
Lockdown: Urban areas
Till: March 31
Coronavirus: 1
Goa
Lockdown: Partial
Till: March 25
Uttar Pradesh
Lockdown: Partial (16 districts)
Till: March 25
Coronavirus cases: 27
List of Districts under Lockdown:
Andhra Pradesh- Prakasam, Vijaywada, Vizag
Chandigarh- Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh- Raipur
Delhi- Central, East Delhi, North Delhi, North West Delhi, North East Delhi, South Delhi, West Delhi
Gujarat- Kutch, Rajkot, Gandhinagar, Surat, Vadodara, Ahmedabad
Haryana- Gurugram, Faridabad, Sonipat, Panipat, Jhajjar, Rohtak and Panchkula
Himachal Pradesh- Kangra
Jammu and Kashmir- Srinagar, Jammu
Karnataka- Bangalore, Chikkaballapura, Mysore, Kodagu, Kalaburagi
Kerala- Alappuzha, Ernakulam, Iduki, Kannur, Kasargod, Kottayam, Mallapuram, Pathanamthitta, Thiruvananthapuram
Ladakh- Kargil, Leh
Madhya Pradesh- Jabalpur
Maharashtra- Ahmednagar, Aurangabad, Mumbai, Nagpur, Mumbai, Sub-Urb Pune, Ratnagiri, Raigad, Thane, Yavatmal
Odisha- Khurda, Puducherry-Mahe
Punjab- Hoshiarpur, SAS Nagar, SBS Nagar
Rajasthan- Bhilwara, Jhunjhunu, Sikar, Jaipur
Tamil Nadu- Chennai, Erode, Kanchipuram
Telangana- Bhadradri, Kothagudem, Hyderabad, Medchai, Ranga Reddy, Sanga Reddy
Uttar Pradesh- Agra, GB Nagar, Ghaziabad, Varanasi, Lakhimpur, Kheri, Lucknow
Uttarakhand- Dehradun
West Bengal- Kolkata, North 24 Parganas
