Fact Check: Ministry Of Home Affairs Is Not Going To Start Another Lockdown From June 15

False news circulating in social media is claiming that the government will impose another lockdown from June 15. The Press Information Bureau(PIB) has confirmed that this is just another piece of fake news.

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New Delhi: There is new fake news circulating in social media which claims that there will be another lockdown from June 15. A screenshot claiming that the Ministry of Home Affairs has hinted towards implementing a complete lockdown once again from June 15^th has been circulating in social media. The screenshot in question looks like it’s from a news channel and according to it, the lockdown will also see a complete shutdown of flights and trains. This is fake and has been widely circulating all over social media. Twitter handle @PIB Fact Check which counters misinformation on government policies and schemes, posted stating that this claim is in fact fake. The Press Information Bureau corrected that fake news that was going viral on social media and asked people to be careful of such news.

दावा: सोशल मीडिया पर फैलाई जा रही एक फोटो में दावा किया जा रहा है कि गृह मंत्रालय द्वारा ट्रेन और हवाई यात्रा पर प्रतिबंध के साथ 15 जून से देश में फिर से पूर्ण लॉकडाउन लागू किया जा सकता है।#PIBFactcheck- यह #Fake है। फेक न्यूज़ फैलाने वाली ऐसी भ्रामक फोटो से सावधान रहें। pic.twitter.com/DqmrDrcvSz

— PIB Fact Check (@PIBFactCheck) June 10, 2020

In the tweet, PIB shared the photo of the news screenshot with the tweet in Hindi “Claim: In a photo being circulated on social media, it is claimed that the complete lockdown can be implemented in the country again from June 15 with the ban on train and air travel by the Ministry of Home Affairs. #PIBFactcheck- This is #Fake. Beware of such misleading photos spreading fake news.” (A commuter drives past a mural on a garbage dump reading 'The Real Warriors of COVID-19' after the government eased a nationwide lockdown imposed as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus, in New Delhi on June 9, 2020. - Delhi authorities warned on June 9 that they expect cases in the Indian capital to shoot up almost 20 times to more than half a million in the coming weeks. Photo by SAJJAD HUSSAIN / AFP) The current COVID-19 cases are touching close to 3 lakh cases in the country, the jump to cases is increasing at an alarming rate. The total death recorded so far 8102. PM Modi during his address to the Indian Chamber of Commerce said that the pandemic should be considered an opportunity for a self-reliant India. "Every single person in fighting against the pandemic, but in the midst of all this, every countryman is now also filled with the resolve that this disaster is to be converted into an opportunity, we have to make it a big turning point of the country," he said.