The MHA had on Friday also issued new guidelines to regulate different activities in this period, based on the risk profiling of the districts of the country into red (hotspot), green and orange zones. The guidelines have permitted considerable relaxations in the districts falling in the green and orange zones.
As the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic outbreak continues to spread like wildfire in India, the central and state governments are respectively amping up all of their efforts to check potential contamination. A nationwide lockdown is in place, which was further extended on Friday (May 1) by the Ministry of Home Affairs for two weeks beyond May 3. This is the second extension to the lockdown first announced on March 24 by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who had earlier declared an extension of the initial nationwide lockdown till May 3 to battle the novel coronavirus.
The MHA had on Friday also issued new guidelines to regulate different activities in this period, based on the risk profiling of the districts of the country into red (hotspot), green and orange zones. The guidelines have permitted considerable relaxations in the districts falling in the green and orange zones.
For the extended period of lockdown, it issued new guidelines to allow special trains, buses for the movement of migrant workers, tourists, students and other persons stranded at different places.
Moreover, the armed forces carried out special operations to pay tributes to our coronavirus warriors on Maty 3.
The total number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 infection in India crossed the 39,000-mark on Saturday, while the death toll topped the 1,300-mark as well.
Here are the pictures of Day 40 of the lockdown
1. Gujarat
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A special train carrying citizens stranded in Gujarat during lockdown
2. Gujarat (2)
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The Centre on Friday issued fresh guidelines allowing special trains for the movement of migrant workers, tourists, students and other persons stranded at different places.
3. Gujarat (3)
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The Ministry of Railways has issued detailed guidelines for social distancing and other safety measures to be observed at train stations, train platforms and within the trains.
4. Gandhinagar, Gujarat
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Gujarat Gandhinagar India Air Force helicopters are airborne doing the mandatory recce and finalising the modalities for flower petal drops on hospitals at two places as a gesture to thank the coronavirus warriors..
5. Gandhinagar, Gujarat
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The armed forces carried out special operations across the country on May 3 to express gratitude to the "corona warriors" who have been working at the frontlines in the fight against the pandemic.
6. Gandhinagar (2)
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Air Force conducted a flypast from Srinagar to Trivandrum & another one starting from Dibrugarh in Assam to Kutch in Gujarat.
7. Lockdown in Kolkata (1)
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8. Lockdown in Kolkata (2)
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9. Gujarat, GTU pharamavy department
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Gujarat GTU Pharmacy Department testing if sanitisers in the market comply with World Health Organisation (WHO) guidelines
10. Gujarat, GTU pharamavy department (2)
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11. Jharkhand
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Migrant laborers reach Hatia station in Jharkhand from Telangana by special train
