Triple lockdown in Kerala: Check out new restrictions
- | Monday | 17th May, 2021
The boundaries of Thiruvananthapuram, Ernakulam, Thrissur and Malappuram districts were sealed as part of the administration`s effort to curb the massive spread of coronavirus.
The triple lockdown has come into effect in four districts of Kerala reporting the highest number of coronavirus disease (Covid-19) in the state, from Sunday midnight and will remain in force till May 23.
Here are the fresh guidelines for the triple lockdown:
1. Shops dealing with food, groceries, fruits and vegetables, dairy products, meat and fish, animal fodder, poultry and cattle feed, bakeries will be open on alternate days starting from Monday onwards. All shops will close, including for home delivery purposes by 2pm.
2. Banks, insurance and financial services will function with minimum staff on Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 10am to 1pm. Cooperative Banks will remain open only on Monday and Thursday from 10am to 1pm.
3. According to the guidelines, milk and newspaper distribution shall be completed before 8am. Fair price shops (Ration/PDS/Maveli /Supplyco shops) and milk booths are permitted to function on all days till 5pm while restaurants and hotels will be allowed to function from 7am to 7.30pm with home delivery services only. No dine-in and take-away/parcels shall be allowed in any restaurants or hotels.
4. Medical shops, petrol pumps, ATMs, shops selling life-saving equipment, hospitals, and other clinical establishments shall be functioning on all days. Authorities have advised the public to buy provisions and vegetables from shops near their houses and not to travel long distances for the purchase of provisions and vegetables. The public will be prevented from traveling long distances for the purchase of essential commodities.
5. Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan has said drones and Geo-Fencing technology will be used and strict restrictions would be clamped in these districts.
6. All houses with positive and primary contact family members will be sealed and no person from containment zones will be allowed to step out even if he or she belongs to the exempted category of work. Only essential services persons will be allowed to move out for their work.
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