Thiruvananthapuram in the southern state of Kerala implemented what it called a "triple lockdown" this week, as India overtook Russia to record the world's third-highest number of coronavirus infections. But since then nearly half a million people, mostly migrant workers, have arrived back in Kerala from abroad or from other Indian states. "The city seems to be sitting on an active volcano," said Kadakampally Surendran, the state minister in charge of the area, urging people to "strictly follow" the lockdown measures. France rules out 'total lockdown'The French government says it will not respond to any new Covid-19 outbreak with another nationwide lockdown. "But we're not going to impose a lockdown like the one we did last March, because we've learned... that the economic and human consequences from a total lockdown are disastrous".

Source: Dhaka Tribune July 08, 2020 14:48 UTC