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Covid-19 lockdown: Delhi govt allows medical facilities, book shops to open

The operation of homes for children, disabled, intellectually disabled, senior citizens, destitute, women and widows, will also be allowed

Civil defence officials wear protective suits to help a man who was lying on the roadside near Hebbal flyover during a nationwide lockdown imposed in the wake of novel coronavirus pandemic, in Bengaluru. Photo: PTI
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Civil defence officials wear protective suits to help a man who was lying on the roadside near Hebbal flyover during a nationwide lockdown imposed in the wake of novel coronavirus pandemic, in Bengaluru. Photo: PTI

BS Web TeamAgencies New Delhi
Following the Ministry of Home Affairs' relaxation orders to various economic and non-economic services amid the nationwide lockdown, the Delhi government has allowed veterinary hospitals, dispensaries, clinics, pathological laboratories, sale and supply of vaccines and medicines.

The Delhi government has also allowed the opening of shops that either sell educational books for children or electric fans.

Apart from these, services provided by self-employed persons, such as electricians, plumbers or those repairing water purifiers will also be allowed during the remaiining days of the second phase of lockdown. The Delhi government has also allowed inter-state travel of health workers, lab technicians

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