India's coronavirus situation is spiralling out of control, and amid this, pressure is mounting on the Narendra Modi-led government to impose a strict nationwide lockdown. Several medical experts, Supreme Court judges and Opposition leaders have asked the government to implement lockdown as it seems to be the only option with the virus spreading across cities and towns. Launching a scathing attack on the Centre, Gandhi said that "Government's failures have made another devastating national lockdown almost inevitable." Earlier, Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot had said that a pan-India shutdown can help in breaking the chain of COVID-19 if planned properly. "There is a need to impose strict regional lockdowns in areas where the Covid-19 case positivity rate is over 10% or the bed occupancy is above 60% to break the chain of transmission.

Source: dna May 08, 2021 10:52 UTC