7-Working day Lockdown For Now In Bengal, Will Extend If Needed: Mamata Banerjee

Mamata Banerjee cleared the refreshing containment zones of Kolkata, Howrah and North 24 Parganas

Kolkata:

Bengal Main Minister Mamata Banerjee played down the new lockdown that will occur into drive from 5 pm tomorrow across containment zones of the state, indicating there is no have to have to make a mountain out of molehill. The lockdown will be in force for 7 times and prolonged if necessary, she said. She also turned down the list of new containment zones for the South 24 Parganas district, simply because as well numerous regions ended up incorporated.

“You can not lock down a complete district,” she said following examining the checklist at a televised conference with her officers and medical practitioners from governing administration hospitals. “Who has well prepared this listing? Has it been performed on the foundation of the voters checklist? You have incorporated full civic wards. Quite poor! Evaluate it!” she claimed.

The main minister cleared the redrawn containment zone list for Kolkata, North 24 Parganas and Howrah districts and claimed there must be a focus on Siliguri in north Bengal as properly as Malda, which have witnessed a sharp increase in coronavirus numbers.

Since 1 July, there have been 5,278 new cases and 136 fatalities in the point out.

Now, the lockdown will come into drive from 5 pm Thursday in Kolkata, Howrah and North 24 Parganas but not in South 24 Parganas.

“Please evaluate the containment zone record for South 24 Parganas and place off the lockdown in that district by a day or two until the checklist is finalised,” Ms Banerjee claimed. The lockdown in the other districts can go in advance.

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The law enforcement were questioned to strictly enforce the use of masks. “I you should not want to good people who really don’t put on masks. But from now on, police will ship men and women straight house if they move out minus masks,” Ms Banerjee said.

The announcement of a refreshing spherical of lockdown in redefined and expanded containment zones in Bengal came on a day the state documented 850 new cases and 25 fatalities – the final, the greatest just one day COVID-19 toll. Numbers have been spiralling in the point out. Now, Malda district has started a lockdown in 3 municipal regions from today as effectively as in 1 municipal spot in North Dinajpur.