Lockdown 4.0 Highlights: Restrictions & Relaxation
On May 17th, 2020, the Centre announced another lockdown extension for two weeks. Lockdown 4.0 came into effect this Sunday midnight and will continue till May 31st. Despite all the preventive measures taken by the government, the coronavirus outbreak has now crossed the 1 lakh mark with a death toll at 3163, surpassing China’s tally. China registered a total of 84,649 Covid-19 cases and has not added any new cases for around two months now. Meanwhile, India has been adding approx 4000 new cases every day. More than 4.8 million confirmed cases have been detected worldwide with the death toll at 318K+. In order to control the coronavirus spread, India has now entered its fourth phase of lockdown. Amid all the losses during this pandemic, the economy has suffered a significant setback. Considering this, the Centre has allowed some relaxations so that the economy can carry out its regular operations. The Ministry of Home Affairs has announced a new set of relaxations along with cert...