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CHANDIGARH: The BJP-JJP coalition government led by chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Sunday announced its decision to impose a complete lockdown in Haryana for a week from Monday. The decision comes just days after it had imposed a weekend lockdown in nine districts Panchkula, Gurgaon, Faridabad, Sonipat, Rohtak, Karnal, Hisar, Sirsa, and Fatehabad to combat the surge in Covid-19 cases.
Haryana on Sunday reported 13,322 new cases and 145 deaths, with the NCR districts contributing the bulk of the total count. The spike in the cases led the Haryana government to impose a complete lockdown.
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No weekend lockdown in Haryana, says govt amid rise in Covid-19 case
Amid the rising Covid-19 cases in Haryana, the state government has clarified that there would be no weekend lockdown.
The Directorate of Information, Public Relations and Languages Department said an order being circulated in social media about the imposition of weekend lockdown from April 17 is absolutely fake. Alert: Fake message about the imposition of lockdown during the weekend in Haryana has been circulated in some social media posts. That needs to be ignored fully. The state will take criminal and punitive action against the perpetrators, the department informed in a tweet.