West Bengal Announces Complete Lockdown Till May 30, Know What's Open And Closed

The Mamata Banerjee government announced the complete lockdown for 14 days.

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Kolkata: In a bid to battle the deadly Coronavirus wave, West Bengal Govt has announced fresh restrictions till May 30 after the state recorded the highest single-day surge. The Mamata Banerjee government announced the complete lockdown for 14 days starting tomorrow.

What Will Open and What Will Be Closed:

• Industries and factories to remain shut.
• Inter-state trains, buses and metro services to remain shut.
• All gatherings, including religious gatherings, to be prohibited.
• Tea gardens to operate with 50% of workforce.
• Jute mills to operate with 30% of the workforce.
• Schools, colleges and all education facilities to remain shut
• Retail shops to remain open only till 7 am till 10 am.
• Sweets and meat shops allowed to remain open from 10 am to 5 pm.
• Medical shops and optical shops will remain open as usual.
• Private cars, taxis exempted from emergency essential services.
• Goods carrier to remain suspended except for medical and food services
• All political, entertainment, cultural, religious gathering prohibited.
• All industries and manufacturing units will remain closed except for food and medical supplies and medical packaging services.
• Parks and zoos will remain closed.
• Shopping complexes, malls, restaurants, salons, gyms, swimming pools will remain closed.
• Essential emergency services will be allowed to function.

West Bengal on Friday registered its highest single-day spike of 20,846 fresh COVID-19 cases, taking the tally to 10,94,802, the health department said in its bulletin.

The toll rose to 12,993 after 136 more people, including five eminent doctors, succumbed to the infection, the bulletin said.