Police tighten vigil in COVID-19 hotspots in Lucknow

Uttar Pradesh Police have barricaded and sealed all those areas which were spotted as COVID-19 hotspots in Lucknow. A curfew-like situation has been imposed in all the areas to contain the coronavirus pandemic.

Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh): Police have stepped up to vigil at eight major and four minor COVID-19 hotspots in Uttar Pradesh's capital city which were completely sealed to contain the spread of the deadly virus.

Police have been patrolling around these areas to ensure that nobody ventures out of their homes, Police Commissioner, Lucknow, Sujit Pandey said.

"All the hotspots in the city are already barricaded and sealed until the morning of April 15. All establishments will be closed in these localities and the media's entry also got restricted," he said.

"Only the supply of essential commodities are being maintained in these localities," Pandey said.

Pandey further said that the fire brigade is allowed to sanitise these areas.

The eight major hotspots in the state capital including localities near eight mosques where Tablighi Jamaat members are residing.

The minor hotspots are in Vijay Khand and Gomti Nagar, where four members of a family including a two and a child tested positive for COVID-19.

A locality near Alina Enclave in Khurramnagar, where a local tested positive, has also been marked as the minor hotspot.

Another minor hotspot is the Madison area after a man was tested positive.

A locality near a clinic at Munshipulia, where a man infected with COVID-19 was treated for some time, has also been declared a hotspot.

The Uttar Pradesh government on Wednesday decided to completely seal off all the areas marked as coronavirus hotspots in 15 districts to stop the spread of the infection, announcing curfew-like restrictions there.

Officials said that the administration will ensure doorstep delivery of items like vegetables and milk in these clusters.

Passes issued to allow essential movement is cancelled in these hotspots which will remain "sealed" up to April 15 morning, when the current three-week nationwide lockdown is scheduled to end, they said.

Over 360 coronavirus cases have been reported so far in Uttar Pradesh.

(PTI report)