Seven-day Lockdown in Haryana from Monday Amid Alarming Covid-19 Situation

Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar.

CM Manohar Lal Khattar took stock of the Covid situation in Gurugram, Haryana earlier in the day. Meanwhile, other ministers of the state have been assigned different districts of Haryana.

To break the chain of coronavirus transmission in the state, the Haryana government on Sunday announced a weeklong lockdown starting Monday.

State Home and Health Minister Anil Vij announced the decision to impose “complete lockdown” in a tweet.

Earlier, the government had ordered weekend lockdown in nine districts — Panchkula, Gurugram, Faridabad, Sonepat, Rohtak, Karnal, Hisar, Sirsa and Fatehabad — that would end at 5 am on Monday.