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Punjab back to strict lockdown on weekends, holidays after spike in cases

Doubling rate worsens from 22 days on May 31 to 15 on June 10; CM Amarinder Singh orders mandatory testing certification for those entering from Delhi

A doctor wearing protective gear holds a sample test tube at COVID-19 test centre during a nationwide lockdown as a preventive measure against the coronavirus, in Srinagar. Photo: ANI
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A doctor wearing protective gear holds a sample test tube at COVID-19 test centre during a nationwide lockdown as a preventive measure against the coronavirus, in Srinagar. Photo: ANI

Archis Mohan New Delhi
With the number of Covid-19 cases increasing in the state, Punjab on Thursday said it was returning to the restrictions imposed during the lockdown on weekends and holidays. Chief Minister Amarinder Singh also ordered mandatory testing certification for people entering the state from Delhi.

The Punjab CM said movement of people on these days will be restricted to e-passes holders.

In Punjab, the Covid-19 doubling rate has worsened from 22 days on May 31 to 15 on June 10. “Although significantly longer than the national average, the doubling period decline was a matter of anxiety,” the CM said.

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