COVID-19 Surge: Jharkhand Goes Into 7-Day Lockdown, Announces Hemant Soren

The decision to enforce the lockdown - from April 22 to April 29 - was taken at a high-level meeting chaired by the Chief Minister. The said period will be observed as "health safety week".

Jharkhand will go into a seven-day lockdown from April 22 to check the spread of Coronavirus, Chief Minister Hemant Soren announced today. The decision to enforce the lockdown - from April 22 to April 29 - was taken at a high-level meeting chaired by the Chief Minister. The said period will be observed as "health safety week". The offices of central government, state government and also those in private sector have been exempted from the total shutdown while others will remain shut, Chief Minister Soren said in a statement. Religious places will remain open, but only a fixed number of devotees will be allowed, said the Chief Minister.