In India, containment will ease from June 8. The Indian Interior Ministry announced on Saturday a significant relaxation of the containment instituted to curb the epidemic of coronavirus. It will not take place and will not concern containment areas where the number of infections is still high. In the least affected areas, access to religious buildings, hotels, restaurants and shopping centers "will be allowed" after consultations with state authorities.
No movement to or from containment areas
A decision should be taken in July concerning the resumption of lessons in schools and universities after consultation with the authorities of the various Indian states. International flights and mass movements remain prohibited, just like large political or religious gatherings. Cinemas, swimming pools and bars also remain closed for the time being. Sports events also remain suspended.
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Factories and farms have already been able to resume work in areas with few or no sick people. Domestic flights have also resumed recently and some trains are operating again. The national curfew has also been eased and now begins two hours later, at 9 p.m.
However, no movement to enter or leave a containment zone will be authorized, with the exception of medical emergencies and the supply of essential products. In these areas, the authorities will conduct "an intensive search for people who have come into contact with the sick, house-to-house surveillance and other clinical interventions," the ministry said. India reached a new daily record of contamination on Saturday and has 175,000 cases including 5,000 fatalities.
Prime Minister recognizes "immense suffering"
Almost all economic activity had stopped at the end of March because of the confinement, plunging hundreds of millions of people into unemployment in the space of sometimes one night. Millions of migrant workers have fled cities to return to their villages, many forced to walk hundreds of kilometers and some dying on the way.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi admitted that the majority of the country had "suffered immense suffering", in an open letter to the population released on Saturday. The containment brought the Indian economy, the third in Asia, to its knees. The Modi government has taken several measures to cushion the shock, notably unlocking $ 255 billion (10% of the country's GDP) to revive activity.