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Delhi extend lockdown by a week; UP does likewise with curfew





Delhi has extended the lockdown while Uttar Pradesh have extended the curfew, both by another week, in view of the Covid-19 pandemic. 

In Delhi, this time even the metro services would be suspended. The lockdown would remain in force till May 17, 5 a.m. 

The positivity rate in the Capital presently is 23 per cent, which is still very high even though the peak of 35 per cent was in mid-April. 

This is the fourth week of lockdown in India’s Capital. 

Meanwhile, the Uttar Pradesh government has extended the curfew till May 17. 

“Partial `corona curfew’ imposed in Uttar Pradesh has been extended till May 17,” additional chief secretary information Navneet Sehgal said. 

 


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