Thiruvananthapuram coastal areas to be under complete lockdown from Sunday

The existing lockdown relaxations will not apply and strict measures will be in force for a 10-day period, the order says

With community transmission occurring in two coastal hamlets, the Thiruvananthapuram district administration clamped a complete lockdown for 10 days in the coastal areas of Thiruvananthapuram from Saturday midnight to contain the spread of Covid-19.

Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan had on Friday said that community spread had occurred in Poonthura and Pulluvila and its nearby places had seen a rapid increase in the number of contact cases.

The district's coastal area stretching from Edava in the north to Pozhiyoor in the south has been declared as Critical Containment Zone (CCZ) and will be under complete and strict lockdown from Saturday midnight