Assam Writes To Centre Urging Extension Of Lockdown By 2 More Weeks

Assam Writes To Centre Urging Extension Of Lockdown By 2 More Weeks
Guwahati:

Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Friday said the state has written to the Centre urging it to extend the ongoing lockdown by two more weeks from May 18.

The third phase of the coronavirus-induced nationwide lockdown, which got under way on March 25, is scheduled to end on May 17.

Addressing a press conference here, Mr Sonowal said all states were supposed to give their feedback on the extension of the lockdown by Friday, and the Assam government has already conveyed its stand to the Centre.

"We appealed to the Centre to extend the lockdown by two more weeks. We have already sent our detailed views on this," he added.

The state has also conveyed its views on the relaxations it wants in the fourth phase of the lockdown, Mr Sonowal said.

"Let the Government of India take a view on that. I don't want to say much about this now. All the states have written to the Centre, which will take a decision on the extension," he said.

The chief minister lauded the measures, including the lockdown, initiated by the Centre to stem the spread of the disease.

Mr Sonowal said the challenges posed by the pandemic will, in all likelihood, increase in the coming days, but insisted there was no need to panic.

"It will be a Himalayan challenge for us. The only thing that I request the public to do is to follow the norm of social distancing. We will have to face this patiently. COVID-19 is an exceptional, unprecedented challenge," he added.

The chief minister said that during the ongoing lockdown, the state machinery has provided ration to around 44 lakh people, who are not the targeted beneficiaries under the National Food Security Act (NFSA).

"Many NGOs and individuals have come forward to help the poor people in this crisis. We are grateful to them," he said.

Mr Sonowal also expressed his gratitude to all frontline workers, including doctors, nurses and other medical staff, besides people from essential services such as police and media for their "immense contribution" to saving lives.

World

Coronavirus has spread to 188 countries. The total confirmed cases worldwide are 44,44,537 and 3,02,493 have died; 25,53,243 are active cases and 15,88,801 have recovered as on May 15, 2020 at 6:42 pm.

India

In India, there are 81,970 confirmed cases including 2,649 deaths. The number of active cases is 51,401 and 27,920 have recovered as on May 15, 2020 at 8:00 am.

State & District Details

State Cases Active Recovered Deaths Maharashtra

27524

20446

6059

1019

Tamil Nadu

9674

7368

2240

66

Gujarat

9591

5252

3753

586

Delhi

8470

5310

3045

115

Rajasthan

4534

1829

2580

125

Madhya Pradesh

4426

2018

2171

237

Uttar Pradesh

3902

1742

2072

88

West Bengal

2377

1394

768

215

Andhra Pradesh

2205

965

1192

48

Punjab

1935

1680

223

32

Telangana

1414

430

950

34

Bihar

994

576

411

7

Karnataka

987

492

460

35

Jammu And Kashmir

983

487

485

11

Haryana

818

368

439

11

Odisha

611

450

158

3

Kerala

560

65

491

4

Jharkhand

197

107

87

3

Chandigarh

191

151

37

3

Tripura

156

127

29

0

Assam

87

46

39

2

Uttarakhand

78

27

50

1

Himachal Pradesh

74

33

39

2

Chhattisgarh

60

4

56

0

Ladakh

43

21

22

0

Andaman And Nicobar Islands

33

0

33

0

Goa

14

7

7

0

Puducherry

13

3

9

1

Meghalaya

13

1

11

1

Manipur

3

1

2

0

Mizoram

1

0

1

0

Arunachal Pradesh

1

0

1

0

Dadar Nagar Haveli

1

1

0

0

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