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MP: Two-day lockdown every week in districts with high Covid-19 incidence

<br />''In Madhya Pradesh, there will be a lockdown for two days every week including Sundays in districts with high incidence of coronavirus cases in the state. The number of COVID-19 cases in the state stood at 24 thousand 95 while the death toll mounted to 756. As per the state health department, all 52 districts have active cases.<br />''<br />''During a review meeting in Bhopal, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said that in a bid to prevent coronavirus infection, there will now be lockdown in districts with high infection rate for two consecutive days in a week. All activities, except essential services, will be restricted during this period. The state government has also decided to enforce the night curfew in every district from 8 pm to 5 am in view of rising cases.<br />''<br />''The two-day lockdown will include Sundays, but another day, either Saturday or Monday, will be decided by the district crisis management group.<br />''<br />''Meanwhile, Home Minister Narottam Mishra has now given instructions to send the prisoners to jail only after the corona investigation, after 64 prisoners were found corona infected in a jail in Raisen district of the state. Jailor has also been suspended. <br />''<br />''<br />

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