The Ministry of Home Affairs has issued an order extending the national lockdown for a further period of two weeks from April 4, 2020. This is the third phase of the lockdown, the first two being March 24 to April 14, and April 15 to May 3, 2020.
The order invokes section 6 (2) (i) of the Disaster Management Act, 2005 to continue the lockdown measures. The order also goes on to say that all states and union territories (UTs) are to identify red, orange and green zones based on spread of infection and risk profile. In fact, the latest list of red, green and orange zone lists showing Covid hotspots, issued by the MHA may be viewed here:
The order also lists protocol within containment zones in red and orange zones. These include directives with respect to contact tracing, home or institutional quarantining, testing, home surveillance, clinical management and counselling.
Domestic and international air travel remains prohibited except in case of air ambulances. Train travel is also prohibited except in cases permitted by the MHA. The same applies to inter-state buses.
As far as safety precautions are concerned all non-essential movement of persons is prohibited between 7 PM and 7 AM. Persons over 65 years of age, children under the age of 10, pregnant women and persons with co-morbidities must remain at home. Other directives and the entire order may be viewed here: