‘Triple lockdown’ in four districts in Kerala

May 16

On 16th May, 2021 the Govt. of Kerala announced ‘triple lockdown’ in Thiruvananthapuram, Ernakulam, Thrissur and Malappuram districts. The borders of these districts will be sealed as part of the administration's bid to arrest the massive spread of coronavirus. Some of the lockdown guidelines have been detailed below-

Shops dealing with food, groceries, fruits and vegetables, dairy products, meat and fish, animal fodder, poultry and cattle feed, bakeries will be open on alternate days starting today onwards.

All shops will close, including for home delivery purposes by 2 pm.
Banks, insurance and financial services will function with minimal staff on Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 10 am to 1 pm.
Cooperative Banks will remain open only on Monday and Thursday from 10 am to 1 pm.
According to the guidelines, milk and newspaper distribution shall be completed before 8 am.
Fair price shops (Ration/PDS/Maveli /Supplyco shops) and milk booths are permitted to function on all days till 5 pm.
Restaurants and hotels will be allowed to function from 7 am to 7.30 pm with home delivery services only. No dine-in and take-away/parcels shall be allowed in any restaurants or hotels.
Medical shops, petrol pumps, ATMs, shops selling life- saving equipment, hospitals and other clinical establishments shall be functioning on all days.
Authorities have advised the public to buy provisions and vegetables from shops near their houses and not to travel long distances for the purchase of provisions and vegetables. Public will be prevented from travelling long distances for purchase of essential commodities.
Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has said drones and Geo Fencing technology will be used and strict restrictions would be clamped in these districts.
All houses with positive and primary contact family members will be sealed and no person from containment zones will be allowed to step out even if he or she belongs to the exempted category of work.
Only essential services persons will be allowed to move out for their work. No outside person will be allowed into containment zones for even if it is exempted category work.