{"id":157531,"date":"2021-05-04T02:53:47","date_gmt":"2021-05-03T21:23:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/?p=157531"},"modified":"2021-05-04T02:53:47","modified_gmt":"2021-05-03T21:23:47","slug":"govt-will-impose-lockdown-in-icr-if-covid-cases-continue-rising-libang","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/2021\/05\/04\/govt-will-impose-lockdown-in-icr-if-covid-cases-continue-rising-libang\/","title":{"rendered":"Govt will impose lockdown in ICR if Covid cases continue rising: Libang"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>ITANAGAR, 3 May:<\/strong> Health Minister Alo Libang has said that if the number of Covid-19 cases continues to rise, the state government would be left with no option but to impose a lockdown in the Itanagar capital region (ICR).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Speaking to the press here on Monday, Libang said that, with each passing day, the number of Covid-19 cases is rising at an alarming rate in the capital region.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;The citizens are still not following the Covid-19 SOPs. This &#8216;business as usual&#8217; attitude is very risky. We need to learn from what is happening in Delhi. This second wave is very dangerous,&#8221; said Libang.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He also informed that more measures will be announced soon to try to stop further spread of the virus.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;Night curfew will start from 6 pm instead of the existing 9 pm. The offices will operate with 50 percent capacity and visitors will be reduced. Gyms and parks will also be monitored,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Libang further said that Arunachal has enough vaccines to complete the vaccination of those above 45 years of age and all the frontline workers.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;There is a vaccine crisis across the country. We will first complete the vaccination process of those above 45 and all frontline workers. After that, those above 18 will be vaccinated,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ITANAGAR, 3 May: Health Minister Alo Libang has said that if the number of Covid-19 cases continues to rise, the state government would be left with no option but to impose a lockdown in the Itanagar capital region (ICR). Speaking to the press here on Monday, Libang said that, with each passing day, the number [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-157531","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-state-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157531","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=157531"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157531\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=157531"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=157531"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=157531"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}