Friday, April 24, 2020
In India, the three-week lockdown imposed on March 25 was extended to May 3 to control the coronavirus outbreak.
Now Indian govt. is working on a careful strategy to lift the lockdown without losing the gains that have been achieved through the stringent nationwide shutdown, said a senior government official.
The Centre is monitoring various challenges related to the resumption of economic activities on a day-to-day and case-to-case basis, a senior govt. official said. One key obstacle is economic hubs being located in red zones, where the disease needs to be curbed.
The Centre has been keeping a close watch on state and district-level administrations and trying to assist them as well as helping businesses to resume operations.
The infection numbers are better than initial projections, he said. “The graph is not very alarming on the health side. India is in a much better position than what was predicted by our health authorities,” the official said.
