11 J&Ok Districts Cross Beneath 84-Hour Lockdown To Take on Covid Surge
The Union Territory had on Tuesday recorded 3,164 new COVID-19 circumstances
An 84-hour lockdown started in 11 districts of Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday night in a bid to take on the surge in COVID-19 circumstances, officers stated.
The Union Territory had on Tuesday recorded 3,164 new COVID-19 circumstances and 25 recent fatalities, prompting the federal government to impose a coronavirus curfew.
The curfew got here into impact at 7 pm on Thursday and stay in pressure until 7 am on Monday, they stated.
“11 districts comprising Srinagar, Anantnag, Baramulla, Budgam, Kulgam, Pulwama, Ganderbal, Jammu, Kathua, Reasi and Udhampur will likely be beneath “corona curfew” from this night until Monday morning,” the officers stated.
In Jammu town, police have put barricades at quite a lot of puts within the town together with access and go out puts, they stated.
In the meantime, the management additionally introduced that the curfew may also be imposed in the rest 9 districts from Friday night (7 pm) until Monday morning (7 am), officers stated.
Previous, the UT management had introduced a 34-hour curfew from Eight pm on Saturday.
On April 8, an evening curfew from 10 pm to six am was once imposed within the city spaces of 8 districts, which was once prolonged to the municipal and concrete native frame limits of the entire 20 districts within the UT on April 20.
Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday recorded its largest single-day spike of three,474 recent COVID-19 circumstances and 26 coronavirus-related deaths, additionally the absolute best within the Union Territory for a 24-hour duration.
