The Uttar Pradesh government has ordered complete shutdown of 15 districts to check the spread of novel coronavirus. The order will come into effect from 12 am tonight and continue till April 13.

All essential services will be home delivered and no one will be allowed to move out, sources in the government have said. Curfew passes will also be reviewed, Uttar Pradesh Chief Secretary Rajendra Kumar Tiwari has said.

The 15 districts are Lucknow, Agra, Ghaziabad, Gautambudh Nagar (Noida), Kanpur, Varanasi, Shamli, Meerut, Bareilly, Bulandshahar, Firozabad, Maharajganj, Sitapur, Saharanpur and Basti.

Uttar Pradesh Chief Secretary Rajendra Kumar Tiwari said the Adityanath-led government in Uttar Pradesh will hold a review of the decision next on April 13.

Coronavirus cases have been reported from 37 districts of Uttar Pradesh with the number climbing to 326 on Wednesday. Of the total cases, 166 are linked to the Tablighi Jamaat. So far, the UP authorities have identified 1,600 people associated with the Jamaat. Of them, 1,200 have been quarantined.

Uttar Pradesh has so far reported three coronavirus deaths, one each from Basti, Meerut and Varanasi.

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