{"id":159883,"date":"2021-06-01T01:26:49","date_gmt":"2021-05-31T19:56:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/?p=159883"},"modified":"2021-06-01T01:26:49","modified_gmt":"2021-05-31T19:56:49","slug":"reconsider-imposing-lockdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/2021\/06\/01\/reconsider-imposing-lockdown\/","title":{"rendered":"Reconsider imposing lockdown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Editor,<\/strong><br \/>\nEver since the proclamation of the Covid-19 pandemic, the buzzword is \u2018lockdown\u2019. If the purpose of imposing a lockdown is to break the chain of virus transmission by minimizing crowds, I would like to suggest those at the helms to consider the following steps:<br \/>\n1. Imposing curfew in place of lockdown for an indefinite period, until the transmission of virus subsides, wherein public movement could be regulated.<br \/>\n2. Implementing odd-even system of vehicular movement.<br \/>\n3. Facilitating free home delivery services for an indefinite period, so as to encourage the public to restrict themselves in their own homes.<br \/>\n4. Alternate day work for employees of government and private institutions.<br \/>\n5. Facilitating online and tele services in every government office for delivering public services by appointing a public liaison officer.<br \/>\n6. Closing down religious institutions.<br \/>\n7. Closing down shopping malls for public, thereby letting their business function through home delivery service.<br \/>\n8. Closing down sports activities, political rallies, etc.<br \/>\n9. Setting up vaccination booths in every colony and sector, thereby intensifying vaccination.<br \/>\nHence, it is time the government reconsiders imposing lockdown as the only solution to it.<br \/>\n<strong>Merta<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Editor, Ever since the proclamation of the Covid-19 pandemic, the buzzword is \u2018lockdown\u2019. If the purpose of imposing a lockdown is to break the chain of virus transmission by minimizing crowds, I would like to suggest those at the helms to consider the following steps: 1. Imposing curfew in place of lockdown for an indefinite [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-159883","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-readers-forum"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159883","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=159883"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159883\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=159883"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=159883"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=159883"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}