New Delhi: The Kerala government has requested total lockdown in the state on July 23 and 24 and has likewise coordinated the State Health and Family Welfare Department to direct a mass testing effort with an objective of 3 lakh tests each day.
There will be a finished lockdown on 24th and 25th July 2021 with similar rules as given for twelfth and thirteenth June 2021, the state government said.
Area gatherers are coordinated to distinguish and delineate miniature control zones in all areas, paying little heed to classification of the Local Self Government Institution (LSGI) districts, and implement uncommon increased severe limitations to cut down the new cases at the most punctual.
This comes after the state government pulled out its state-wide lockdown on June 16 and allowed a three-day unwinding in COVID-19 limitation for Bakrid, permitting material shops, adornments, footwear shops and so forth to open for three days from Sunday.
Nonetheless, on July 19, the Supreme Court requested that the state government record a reaction on an application against the three-day unwinding and said it is a stunning situation that the Kerala government has yielded to the interest of merchants in loosening up lockdown standards.
The top court additionally guided the state government to “notice the Right to Life” and cautioned it of activity if the facilitating of controls prompts additionally spread of the Covid.
The Indian Medical Association (IMA) likewise composed a letter to Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan encouraging him to reevaluate the “questionable” choice.
On Tuesday, Vijayan had pronounced that COVID-19 limitations would not be loose in the state for now and said that an extra three lakh COVID tests would be led on Friday.
The inspiration rate in Kerala keeps on leftover more than 10% and the state is detailing 10,000 to 15,000 new cases each day.