A week-long lockdown will come into force in Jharkhand starting from Thursday till April 29 to contain the spread of the deadly COVID-19 infections in the state.
Ranchi:
A week-long lockdown will come into force in Jharkhand starting from Thursday till April 29 to contain the spread of the deadly COVID-19 infections in the state.
The Heman Soren-led Jharkhand government had on Tuesday announced a week-long lockdown named ‘Swasthya Suraksha Saptah’ in a bid to break the chain of Covid-19 spread in the state. Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren said, “It has become very necessary to break the chain of soaring infection of coronavirus in the state. So, we have taken some important decisions in this regard. I hope we will be successful to break the chain of the virus through ‘Swasthya Suraksha Saptah’.”
The restrictions will come into effect from 6 AM on Thursday till 6 am on April 29, the officials said. The government, however, make a few exceptions to the lockdown and assure that essential services will be allowed.
“Essential services are allow, religious places will remain open but the gathering of devotees is not allow. While mining activities, agricultural and construction is allow,” the Jharkhand government said.
Religious places will be open but devotees would not be allow there. Residents have been ask not to venture out of their homes, excluding those who hold permits. Not more than four people can assemble in a place.
On sunday CM Soren impose restrictions in the state and took a major decision to postpone all examinations in the state till further orders.
All schools, colleges, Anganwadi centers, coaching centers etc have been close with immediate effect. Further, only 50 people are allow at weddings now which has been changed from 200 earlier. The situation will be review after one month and a fresh decision will be taken.
A week-long lockdown
On Saturday Jharkhand Governor Draupadi Murmu had tested positive for COVID-19, a doctor at the Raj Bhavan said.
Jharkhand’s COVID-19 death toll rose to 1,547 after 45 more people succumbed to the disease in the last 24 hours, while 4,969 fresh cases took the tally to 1,72,315, the health department said in a bulletin on Wednesday.
It said that the number of active cases stands at 33,178, while 1,37,590 people have so far recover from the disease. fresh fatalities, 15 were report from Ranchi and 10 from East Singhbhum, the bulletin said. The remaining deaths were register in several other districts.
The new coronavirus cases included 1,703 from Ranchi and 692 from East Singhbhum district. Altogether, 33,839 samples were test for COVID-19 in the state in the last 24 hours.
- Week-long lockdown in Jharkhand from today till April 29 to check COVID-19 spread
- The restrictions will come into effect from 6 AM on Thursday till 6 am on April 29
