Haryana’s Home Minister Anil Vij on Sunday, 2 May, announced a complete week-long lockdown in the state from 3 May in view of the vicious COVID-19 surge in the country.
On Friday, a weekend lockdown was announced in nine districts of Haryana, namely, Panchkula, Gurugram, Faridabad, Sonepat, Rohtak, Karnal, Hisar, Sirsa and Fatehabad districts from 10 pm on Friday till 5 am on 3 May.
Haryana’s Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar had earlier urged authorities to take stern action against the black marketing and hoarding of medical oxygen cylinders and other medical supplies, such as antiviral injections used in COVID-19 treatment.
The state had reported 13,588 fresh coronavirus cases on 1 May, taking its overall caseload to 5,01,566.
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