Coronavirus: Delhi to lockdown from 6 am tomorrow, know what stays open

The government on Sunday announced that 75 districts across the nation would be put under a lockdown, an unprecident move in a bid to curb the spread of coronavirus. The Centre indentified 75 districts across the nation that have reported coronavirus cases and urged the state governments to place them under a lockdown.

Following up on the notice, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday declared lockdown in 15 districts of the state in the midst of the increasing number of positive Covid-19 cases across India.

The districts that have been placed under a closedown are, Lucknow, Gautam Budh Nagar, Ghaziabad, Moradabad, Varanasi, Lakhimpur Khiri, Bareilly, Azamgarh, Kanpur, Meerut, Prayagraj, Aligarh, Gorakhpur, and Saharanpur in Uttar Pradesh.

Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal, also, declared an absolute closedown in the city, starting from 6 am tomorrow. The lockdown will remain in operation till 31st March.

Listed here is what would remain open during a lockdown:

1) Groceries, vegetable and fruit stalls

2) Cooking gas supply

3) E-commerce

4) Banks and ATMs

5) Hospitals and medical stores

6) Limited public transport

7) Food home deliveries

8) Milk supply

The total number of positive Covid-19 cases in India mounted to 370 after new cases were reported from Telangana, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat and other states. The death toll in the country has reached 7.

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