Kerala govt announces total lockdown from tomorrow till May 16
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Thiruvananthapuram:07.05.2021
The Kerala government on Thursday announced a total lockdown in the state from May 8 to 16 in view of the worsening Covid-19 situation and the rising test positivity rate (TPR).
Though lockdown-like restrictions have already been in force since May 4, the government decided to go for stricter curbs after public health experts said the present restrictions are not yielding desired results. The health department has been demanding a total lockdown ever since the daily cases went beyond 30,000.
The daily cases being reported in Kerala have gone above 40,000 over the past two days — 41,953 cases on Wednesday and 42,464 on Thursday. The TPR also rose to 27.28% on Thursday, with the total number of active cases reaching 3,90,906. As many as 63 fatalities were reported on the day. Most districts have a TPR above 20% for the past two weeks while hospital beds are filling up at an alarming rate.
All central and state government offices, including the autonomous bodies but except those in active Covid-19 duty, will not function during the lockdown. The government has, however, given more exemptions than the national lockdown last year, apparently in consideration of the hardships being faced by the public in a total shutdown.
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