Five districts of Assam will continue to be under total lockdown owing to their high coronavirus positivity rate while the movement of people to and from other districts across the state will remain suspended, state Health Minister Keshab Mahanta said on Monday. These five districts -- Jorhat, Golaghat, Sonitpur, Biswanath, and Lakhimpur -- along with two others, were declared as total containment zones on 7 July for showing a high coronavirus positivity rate. "However, in the districts showing moderate positivity rate, namely Goalpara and Morigaon, curfew will be from 1 pm to 5 am," the minister added. In the rest of the districts, which are showing improvement in the coronavirus positivity rate and caseload, curfew will be from 5 pm to 5 am, he said. "However, shops dealing with groceries, fruits and vegetables, dairy and milk booths, animal fodder will be open up to 5 pm in districts showing high and moderate positivity and up to 4 pm in the districts showing improvement," Mahanta said.

Source: Mint July 19, 2021 17:48 UTC