Coronavirus / Unlocking process in Madhya Pradesh to start from June 1: CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan

Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan has announced that the unlocking process in the state will start from June 1. He added that it will be done in phases and guidelines regarding this will be released later. He further asked the state officials to ensure citizens follow the curfew properly till May 31 so that spread of coronavirus is contained.

Vikrant Shekhawat : May 22, 2021, 01:23 PM
Bhopal: The Shivraj Singh government announced that Madhya Pradesh will commence the process of Unlock 1 from June 1st as the coronavirus cases in the state is under control. 

The Madhya Pradesh government has said that the Unlock will be done in a phased manner and some restrictions will be lifted in the state from June 1st.

The government will soon release the guidelines related to Unlock 1. 

CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan said, " Cannot keep the state locked forever, will have to lift restrictions in few days in a phased manner."

Madhya Pradesh has been recording less than 5000 cases for the past 3 days and the positivity rate has also reached 5% mark. 

On Friday, Madhya Pradesh reported 4,384 new coronavirus cases and 79 fatalities in a span of 24 hours. The recoveries outnumbered the fresh infections, bringing the count of active cases below the 70,000-mark to 67,625.

Meanwhile, Madhya Pradesh Congress chief Kamal Nath has claimed that more than one lakh people have died in the state due to Covid-19 in March-April this year as per the figures provided by the cremation grounds and graveyards and accused the Shivraj Singh Chouhan-led BJP government of hiding the real fatality count.

The Shivraj government however termed the claim as 'false and misleading'.