West Bengal government on Tuesday extended the ongoing complete lockdown in containment zones till 19 July to contain the spread of the rising coronavirus cases in the state.
Earlier, the lockdown was imposed from 9 July 5 pm to 16 July.The rules of the extended lockdown will remain the same these zones across the state, until further notice.The Covid-19 containment zones are located in and around Kolkata, besides Jalpaiguri, Malda, Cooch Behar, Raiganj and Siliguri, it said.Capital city Kolkata has 25 containment zones.