{"id":228881,"date":"2020-04-30T10:30:48","date_gmt":"2020-04-30T05:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?p=228881"},"modified":"2020-04-30T09:53:46","modified_gmt":"2020-04-30T04:23:46","slug":"new-guidelines-to-fight-covid-19-will-come-into-effect-from-4th-may-which-would-give-considerable-relaxations-to-many-districts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2020\/04\/30\/new-guidelines-to-fight-covid-19-will-come-into-effect-from-4th-may-which-would-give-considerable-relaxations-to-many-districts\/","title":{"rendered":"New guidelines to fight COVID-19 will come into effect from 4th May, which would give considerable relaxations to many districts"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\">MHA holds a Comprehensive Review Meeting on the Lockdown situation in wake of spread of COVID-19<\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0(MHA) held a comprehensive review meeting on the lockdown situation on 29-04-2020.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It was noted that there have been tremendous gains and improvement in the situation because of the lockdown till now. To ensure that the gains of the lockdown are not squandered away, the lockdown guidelines must be observed strictly till 3<sup>rd<\/sup>\u00a0May.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">New guidelines to fight COVID-19 will come into effect from 4<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0May, which would give considerable relaxations to many districts. Details regarding this would be communicated in the days to come.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Ministry of Home Affairs<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">[Press Release dt. 29-04-2020]<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">[Source: PIB]<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MHA holds a Comprehensive Review Meeting on the Lockdown situation in wake of spread of COVID-19 \u00a0(MHA) held a comprehensive review meeting 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