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Read more about No lockdown in Madhya Pradesh, only corona curfew , says CM on Business Standard. There is no lockdown in Madhya Pradesh nor will it be imposed statewide, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Sunday said
There is no lockdown in Madhya Pradesh nor will it be imposed statewide, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Sunday said, adding that corona
curfew has been enforced in some parts with people s support.
The lockdown came into force at 6 pm on Friday. Among these places, Ratlam, Betul, Katni, Khargone and Chhindwara districts, all bordering Maharashtra, have been seeing record spikes in infections over the past few days. Ratlam and Betul will be under lockdown for nine days, while it will be from Friday till the morning of April 16 in Chhindwara, close to Nagpur, the biggest city in Maharashtra s Vidarbha region. The lockdown will be in force for a period of seven days, which started on Friday night, in Khargone and Katni, officials said. However, thanks to an Assembly bypoll scheduled on Apil 17, Damoh remained open for campaigning, officials pointed out.
He made the statement while speaking to reporters here. The way there is a spike in coronavirus infection cases, the number of active cases in Madhya Pradesh may reach one lakh by the end of this month. We will try to stop this in the middle as we have started adopting some measures, including lockdown, he said. Till Friday night, the number of active cases in Madhya Pradesh was 30,486, while its caseload reached 3,27,220. The state government has decided to open COVID Care Centres in all the districts due to the rise in cases, Chouhan said, adding that in Bhopal and Indore, a team under Additional Chief Secretary (Health) Rajesh Rajora is looking for buildings, where such facilities could be set up.