Madhya Pradesh To Ease Lockdown Restrictions From June: Chief Minister

Lockdown-like restrictions have been implemented in many cities and towns of Madhya Pradesh to contain the spread of coronavirus infection.

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan today said that the coronavirus-induced restrictions in the state would be gradually relaxed from the next month. "Our target is to free our state of COVID-19 by May 31. We will have to unlock the coronavirus-induced-curfew gradually from June 1. The world has to move but we will need to unlock in such a manner that COVID-19 doesn't spread again," he said at a meeting to review the coronavirus situation. Lockdown-like restrictions to contain the spread of coronavirus infection -- termed as curfew by the state government -- are in force in many cities and towns of Madhya Pradesh. In most of the districts including Bhopal, the restrictions have been extended till May 31. Several localities in major cities would already be free of COVID-19 infection, Mr Chouhan said in the meeting, a video of which was tweeted by his official Twitter handle.