Lockdown to continue in Goa s tourist hotspots: Minister Michael Lobo
Michael Lobo said that the lockdown will continue in the tourism belt of North Goa district to break the chain of the viral infection.
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PANAJI: Tourist hotspots like Calangute and Candolim in North Goa will continue to be under lockdown, even as the government has lifted the lockdown in other parts of the state, Ports Minister Michael Lobo said on Monday.
Goa, a popular tourism destination, reported an extremely high COVID-19 test positivity rate of over 50 per cent last Thursday, following which the state government imposed the lockdown from April 29.
Tourist hotspots like Calangute and Candolim in North Goa will continue to be under lockdown, even as the government has lifted the lockdown in other parts of the state, Ports Minister Michael Lobo said on Monday. Goa, a popular tourism destination, reported an extremely high COVID-19 test positivity rate of over 50 per cent last Thursday, following which the state government imposed the lockdown from April 29. The lockdown was lifted at 6 am on Monday. However, Lobo told PTI that the lockdown will continue in the tourism belt of North Goa district to break the chain of the viral infection. We are going to continue a strict lockdown in the villages of Calangute, Candolim and Arpora-Nagoa, Lobo said.
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Panaji: A long queue seen outside a store as people indulge in panic buying after Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant announced a night curfew in the state from Wednesday night (July 15) to August 10 apart from total shutdown of non-essential public mov. Image Source: IANS News
Panaji, April 29 : With just hours left for the four-day lockdown in Goa to take effect, Ports Minister Michael Lobo has raised issues about the guidelines notified by the administration which allow restaurants to function at 50 percent capacity during the curfew.