Aizawl, June 5 (PTI): The Mizoram government on Saturday extended complete lockdown in capital Aizawl till June 14 as the state continues to register a spike in COVID-19 cases despite efforts to control it. Whereas COVID-19 positive cases have not declined and the number of casualties is increasing in recent days, it is felt necessary to continue with the current restrictions imposed for curtailing peoples movement and activities with the purpose of containing further spread of coronavirus, the government order said.
The lockdown guidelines issued on May 29 shall continue to be strictly implemented till 4 am of June 14, the order added. The existing complete lockdown in Aizawl was scheduled to be lifted on June 7. According to the order issued on May 29, people residing within Aizawl Municipal Corporation (AMC) area should not step out of their homes or compounds during the total lockdown. Shops dealing with essential commodities in AMC area will be allowed to open every morning and those dealing in agricultural seeds and equipment, school textbooks, motor workshops and spare parts will open on Tuesday between 5am and 5pm. Shops dealing with construction materials, computer, mobile will be opened on Friday between 5am and 5pm, it said. Vegetable and meat markets are allowed to open on Friday, the order said.
Hospitals, nursing homes, clinics, laboratories, pharmacies, dispensaries, bank and non-banking financial institutions, post offices, filling stations, LPG store houses, fair price shop, animal feed store are exempted from the restrictions.
