More than 400 million people in three states in India will re-enter the blockade, weeks after the national blockade was lifted on May 30.
This comes after India recorded 100,000 new cases of coronavirus in the past five days, as the country struggles to gain control of the growing pandemic.
On Wednesday, he saw 29,429 new cases, with a total of 936,181 confirmed cases and 24,309 deaths.
State and municipal measures: As cases and deaths continue to rise in India, two of its most populous states, Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, announced several blockade restrictions.
The Bihar government announced a 16-day statewide blockade on Tuesday, which would take effect from July 16, while the Uttar Pradesh government said on Sunday that a blockade will be held every weekend until the end of the day. of July.
Both states had previously lifted their blockades on May 30 except for districts with a large number of cases.
The city of Bangalore, in the state of Karnataka, which had initially lifted the restrictions, entered a one-week shutdown Tuesday through July 22. This occurs after the state of Maharashtra re-established a closure from June 29 to July 31.
India began to reduce blockade restrictions on May 30, but certain states such as West Bengal and Jharkhand continued to have blockade measures and movement restrictions, with the exception of certain essential services.
More than 100 million people in these states have remained under closure restrictions since the end of March.
In the capital New Delhi, where there are no general closure measures, restrictions continue in its “containment zones”, which include more than 600 locations as of Monday, according to the territory’s Department of Revenue.
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