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Letter to BS: Lockdown should be withdrawn in a phased manner

India is monitoring the world situation to be able to fight the highly contagious virus effectively

A North MCD worker carries out sanitization work in a locality in the Civil Lines area in the view of the coronavirus outbreak during the ongoing nationwide lockdown, in New Delhi. Photo: PTI

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Lifting the lockdown unsystematically will certainly increase the incidence of Covid-19 infection

1 min read Last Updated : Apr 08 2020 | 11:35 PM IST

Over the last few days there has been demand in the media to stretch the current lockdown period beyond April 14. Assam Finance Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said that everything should not be opened on April 15; rather the lockdown should be lifted systematically and scientifically to avoid chaos. Union Minister Prakash Javadekar, after a recent meeting of the Cabinet, said that a decision would be taken "in the national interest" at the right time.

India is monitoring the world situation to be able to fight the highly contagious virus effectively. My personal opinion is that the lockdown should be withdrawn

Topics : Coronavirus Lockdown Himanta Biswa Sarma Prakash Javadekar

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