Coronavirus: 'No relaxation for Delhi after Apr 20, will review in a week,' says Kejriwal
Coronavirus lockdown: Arvind Kejriwal said at the press conference that all the 186 COVID-19 positive cases that were reported yesterday were asymptomatic and didn't know they had COVID-19
- Apr 19, 2020,
- Updated Apr 20, 2020 6:39 PM IST
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said that there will be no relaxations for Delhi after April 20. He said that the situation would be reviewed in a week and further decisions will be taken on April 27. Prime Minister Narendra Modi had said that in order to ease the hardships of people under lockdown the government will relax some of the restrictions in place.
"Keeping in mind the lives of all Delhi residents, we have that there will be no relaxation in lockdown norms from tomorrow. We will sit in a meeting with all experts again on April 27 and review the situation. If need be, the lockdown norms will be relaxed after that," he added.
Kejriwal said that all of Delhi's 11 districts have been declared hotspots. "As per the central government, restrictions cannot be relaxed in containment zones," he said.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said that there will be no relaxations for Delhi after April 20. He said that the situation would be reviewed in a week and further decisions will be taken on April 27. Prime Minister Narendra Modi had said that in order to ease the hardships of people under lockdown the government will relax some of the restrictions in place.
"Keeping in mind the lives of all Delhi residents, we have that there will be no relaxation in lockdown norms from tomorrow. We will sit in a meeting with all experts again on April 27 and review the situation. If need be, the lockdown norms will be relaxed after that," he added.
Kejriwal said that all of Delhi's 11 districts have been declared hotspots. "As per the central government, restrictions cannot be relaxed in containment zones," he said.