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Stringent lockdown in five local body wards

Stringent lockdown in five local body wards

The Hindu
Wednesday, August 11, 2021 08:02:53 PM UTC

1,255 fresh cases in capital

Stringent lockdown measures will be imposed from Thursday in five local body wards where the weekly infection population ratio (WIPR) is above 8%, District Collector Navjot Khosa has said. Wards 35 (Pariyaram) and 36 (Chirakkani) in Nedumangad municipality, and Wards 24 (Fort), 32 (Olathanni) and 40 (Alummoodu) in Neyyatinkara municipality will be under lockdown, the Collector has said.
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