The entire nation is amid lockdown and while the government is trying its best to control the spread of the deadly coronavirus, a lot of things are going haywire when the public refuses to adhere to the rules and guidelines laid down for safety. The current lockdown has been extended till May 3rd and in his last address, PM Modi announced that certain relaxations will be applicable in many zones of the nation starting 20th April.  This included allowing the restart of several industries, e-commerce being able to deliver non-essential items and so on. So while many people are happy to know that life is at least moving towards the direction of normalcy, Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal addressed the city and announced that these lockdown relaxations will not be applied to Delhi for now.

After assessing the prevailing situation in Delhi, we have decided not to permit any relaxation of the lockdown, as of now. https://t.co/mPIOpuF2KR

His logic is actually not as flawed as some people are assuming it to be. Around 12% of the total coronavirus cases have been reported from the capital and with a humungous population, controlling the situation can actually backfire is relaxations are put into place.  Delhi has 11 districts and sadly currently, all of them are hotspots. With over 77 containment zones, the situation can become alarming if people are allowed to move around. âI am concerned about children not going to schools, people not being able to earn their livelihoods. But if we relax the lockdown and fall short of hospital beds, ventilators... what will do then?  For now, we have decided not to relax the lockdownâ, he explained.  

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The other looming danger is the fact that a lot of fresh cases donât have the prescribed symptoms and that explains the severity of the situation. âYesterday, of 736 tests that were conducted in the city, about 25 per cent tested positive. All 186 patients had not shown any symptoms. This is dangerousâ, he exclaimed.  The situation will be assessed in a weekâs time before the state government can draw any further conclusions. This means if you were building up a cart on an e-commerce site planning to stock up the ânon-essentialâ category items which are probably essential for you, it wonât be possible for a while to do so. While a lot of people are questioning this move and are unhappy about it, we need to understand that Delhi is currently like a wild fire which will keep spreading its danger if the residents donât cooperate.

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