Kerala Complete lockdown extended till 23 May: Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan

Kerala: Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan today announced the lockdown in the state will be extended by one more week till 23 May as the positivity rate remains high. Earlier the lockdown in the state was to end on 16 May.

The state is currently under a 9-day complete shutdown as part of its efforts to bring down the daily caseload of infected persons. He also announced that “Triple lockdown will be imposed in Thiruvananthapuram, Ernakulam, Thrissur and Malappuram, where the test positivity rate is high.”

The state went into complete lockdown from 8 May in which to contain the massive spread of COVID-19 pandemic. As lockdown is in place, only essential services are exempted and people are strictly warned against coming out in public places or travel unnecessarily.