Bihar extends Covid-19 lockdown until May 25

The Bihar authorities on Thursday prolonged the continued Covid-19 lockdown throughout the state for 10 days until May 25 to curb the unfold of the novel coronavirus.
“Reviewed the lockdown in Bihar with colleagues in the council of ministers and officials. The positive outcome of the lockdown is evident. Hence, a decision has been taken to extend the lockdown by another 10 days, from May 16 to 25,” Chief Minister Nitish Kumar mentioned in a tweet in Hindi.

आज सहयोगी मंत्रीगण एवं पदाधिकारियों के साथ बिहार में लागू लॉकडाउन की स्थिति की समीक्षा की गयी। लॉकडाउन का सकारात्मक प्रभाव दिख रहा है। अतः बिहार में अगले 10 दिनों अर्थात 16 से 25 मई, 2021 तक लॉकडाउन को विस्तारित करने का निर्णय लिया गया है।
— Nitish Kumar (@NitishKumar) May 13, 2021
This comes a day after the state recorded 9,863 contemporary Covid-19 instances and 74 associated deaths.
On May 4, the Crisis Management Group of the Bihar authorities determined to impose a lockdown within the state, from May 5-15, amid an increase in day by day Covid-19 instances. In the primary section of the lockdown, all authorities and personal places of work had been directed to be closed. Hospitals, medical laboratories, ambulance providers and important providers akin to civil defence, electrical provide, water provide, fireplace providers, veterinary work, postal and telecommunication and so forth. had been allowed to perform.
Also, industrial and building work, agricultural actions, e-commerce, pc providers had been allowed to perform, whereas grocery outlets, retail outlets coping with fruit and veggies had been allowed to function from 7am to 11am.

The Bihar authorities has already been on the receiving finish after a number of our bodies, decomposed, bloated and suspected to be of people that succumbed to Covid-19, had been on Monday discovered floating within the river Ganga in Buxar.