Lockdown should continue, prediction for coronavirus frightening: Punjab CM

Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Friday said the ongoing nationwide lockdown to contain the spread of coronavirus should continue, while noting that the predictions by health experts about the spread of the pandemic are "horrendous and frightening".

He said a decision on whether Punjab will extend the lockdown will be taken at a meeting of the state cabinet later this evening.

Addressing a press conference through video conference, Singh said Punjab will allow district-wise relief from lockdown only to let farmers harvest Rabi crop.