India's Assam declares lockdown in 7 districts
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NEW DELHI, July 6 (Xinhua) -- Local government in India's northeastern state of Assam Tuesday announced a complete lockdown in seven districts of the state in wake of the spike in COVID-19 cases, officials said.
The lockdown will come into force from Wednesday morning and remain in place until further orders in both rural and urban areas of these districts.
As per the new directive, there will be a round-the-clock curfew, and commercial setups, restaurants, shops will remain closed in Goalpara, Golaghat, Jorhat, Lakhimpur, Sonitpur, Biswanath and Morigaon.
Public and private transport will not be allowed to ply and inter-state movement has also been suspended by the Assam government.
There will be a total ban on the movement of all public and private transport in the total containment districts. However, the movement of goods shall continue.
In other districts, all public transport authorities shall enforce COVID-19 appropriate behavior and seating inside the vehicles, carriers, containers etc.
Likewise, all inter-district passenger transport services and movement of people to and from other districts shall remain suspended.
In districts where there is a moderate positivity rate, the curfew will remain in force from 2:00 p.m. local time to 5:00 a.m. These include Sivasagar, Dibrugarh, Kokrajhar, Barpeta, Nalbari, Baksa, Bajali, Kamrup, Darang, Nagaon, Hojai, Tinsukia, Dhemaji, Cachar, Karimganj and Karbi Anglong.
The curfew will be in force from 5:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m. in districts showing improvement in positivity rates, including Dhubri, Kamrup(M), South Salman, Majuli, Bongaigaon, Chirang, Udalguri, West Karbi Anglong, Dima Hasao, Charaideo and Hailakandi.
As per the directive, public gathering has been banned in districts where total lockdown has been imposed. In other districts, up to 10 persons are allowed for marriages and funerals.
On Monday, Assam reported 2,640 new COVID-19 cases and 31 related fatalities, taking the total to 519,834 and the death toll to 4,683. Enditem
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