Gujarat: IMA advocates partial lockdown till May 31

AHMEDABAD: The Indian Medical Association (IMA), Gujarat chapter, has written to chief minister Vijay Rupani that the Covid-19 situation has come under control after a lot of hard work and stress. It urged the CM that the partial lockdown like restrictions which include night curfew and shutdown of non-essential shops in 36 cities should be extended till May 31 to avoid fuelling the Covid spread again.
The state government has extended partial lockdown in 36 cities till Friday and is expected to take a decision whether to allow other non-essential businesses to open once the cyclone situation is under control.
IMA, Gujarat, office-bearers Dr Kamlesh Sainani and Dr Mahendra Patel in a letter submitted that Covid cases are steadily declining in the past few days after a severe second wave gripped Gujarat in the past weeks.
“This was possible due to the timely decision of the government to impose partial lockdown. Shutting down all non-essential services and curtailing the number of people stepping out of their homes and resulting in fall in corona cases,” said the letter.
The office-bearers cautioned that as experienced in the past, it would be premature to relax or lift the partial lockdown in the next couple of days. “The entire benefit of containing the corona spread will be lost making it further difficult to get rid of it without further loss of precious human lives,” said the letter.