Guwahati: Government clarifies that the lockdown imposed in the wake of Coronavirus outbreak in India will not be extended beyond 21 days.
Union Government, on Monday, clarified that there is no plan to extend the 21 days’ lockdown which came intro force on 25th of this month.
In a tweet, Press Information Bureau said, Cabinet Secretary Rajiv Gauba has denied media reports claiming that the government will extend the lockdown.
I’m surprised to see such reports, there is no such plan of extending the lockdown: Cabinet Secretary Rajiv Gauba on reports of extending #CoronavirusLockdown (file pic) pic.twitter.com/xYuoZkgM5e
— ANI (@ANI) March 30, 2020
It said, there are rumours and media reports claiming that the government will extend the lock down when it expires. The Cabinet Secretary rejected these reports and stated that these are baseless.
