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COVID surge: Delhi s Chandni Chowk market to remain shut till April 25
Several market associations also supported the decision to keep shops closed to break the chain of COVID-19 infections as Delhi recorded its highest ever single-day spike and positivity rate
BusinessToday.In | April 18, 2021 | Updated 23:29 IST
Delhi s Chandni Chowk market wears a deserted look
Delhi s famous Chandni Chowk market will be almost entirely closed to check the recent surge in COVID-19 cases. Apart from a few shops along the main road all shop will be shut till April 25, announced a Chandni Chowk traders body on Sunday. Today Chandni Chowk Sarv Vyapar Mandal in an emergency meeting with its members has decided to request its members to keep their establishment closed till April 25 in light of very serious condition of the virus spreading at very large volumes. We will take a decision after assessing the condition next Sunday, informed Chandni Chowk Sarv Vyapar Mandal s Sanjay Bhargava.
HALF-HEARTED LOCKDOWN UNPRODUCTIVE
Talking to UNB, Prof Muzaherul Huq, a former adviser to WHO South-East Asia region, said, We can t call it a lockdown since the government has kept mills, factories, offices and even the book fair open. This is not the scientific way to restrict public movement.
He said lockdown means controlling the movement of people completely. Lockdown means everything will be closed. Only some important emergency services, drugstores and certain markets from where people can buy food can remain open.
Muzaherul said the seven-day restriction enforced by the government does not match with the principle and definition of lockdown. It s an unscientific, unplanned and half-hearted lockdown. It won t help the nation contain the virus transmission.