Kolkata: Owing to the rising instances of Coronavirus, West Bengal authorities on Thursday introduced extension of lockdown within the state until June 15 with the intention to comprise the an infection.
The announcement was made by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee as the continuing lockdown in West Bengal was supposed to finish of May 30.
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Under the continuing lockdown-like restrictions imposed in Bengal, there’s an indefinite prohibition functioning of procuring malls, markets, eating places and bars, gyms, and swimming swimming pools, which is able to proceed until July 15.
Meanwhile, extending the lockdown Banerjee has sought full cooperation from individuals of Bengal. “Please don’t call this a lockdown. Covid numbers have come down. For economy’s sake there will be no total lockdown,” she mentioned.
(*15*) Congress (TMC)-led Bengal authorities’s resolution to increase the lockdown comes on a day when the state reported as many as 16,225 Covid-19 instances in previous 24 hours, taking the general tally to 13,18, 203.
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The dying toll mounted to 14,827 after 153 extra fatalities have been reported from completely different components of the state.
West Bengal now has 1,23,377 energetic instances, whereas 11,79,999 sufferers have recovered from the illness, together with 19,071 since Tuesday.
