Updated: Share Article AAA Hassan district administration, which announced a four-day complete lockdown in a week on Wednesday afternoon, did a U-turn by evening. The State-wide lockdown, as it has been in effect since April 27, will be in force in Hassan too. Earlier in the day, Minister for Excise K. Gopalaiah, who held a meeting with elected representatives and officers, had announced that the shops that sell essential items would be allowed to function only between 6 a.m. and 10 a.m. on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. There would be complete lockdown on four other days in the week. The Minister had said that the decision had been taen as the number of COVID-19 cases had been increasing in the district. It would be difficult to contain the spread of the infection unless a stricter lockdown was imposed, he had said.