Reportedly moving for a complete lockdown to fight coronavirus, andhra pradesh government on sunday announced closure of inter-state borders for transport till march 31 and asked people to step out of their homes only for essential needs. chief minister jagan MOHAN REDDY' target='_blank' title='ys jagan mohan reddy-Latest Updates, Photos, Videos are a click away, CLICK NOW'>ys jagan mohan reddy said Public transport within state and inter-state would be shut while the government will also be run with skeletal staff, with employees working in rotation basis.

 

He also announced free ration to the poor and Rs 1,000 assistance per family. He told "Situation is relatively better in ap, compared to other states,"  adding six coronavirus positive cases had been reported so far in the state.Of the six, one patient (the first in Nellore) recovered and has been discharged from hospital. Perhaps following in the footsteps of punjab and rajasthan, telangana will also lock down till march 31 to combat Coronavirus.

 

A decision in this regard was taken at a high-level meeting chaired by chief minister K. Chandrashekhara Rao on Sunday. Making a formal announcement to this effect at a press conference later in the evening, kcr appealed to the public to avoid coming out on to the streets. He said one person per family is allowed to step out of the house to pick up essential commodities and also, the entire public transport system covering all modes of travel in the state will remain shut, the chief minister affirmed. While the workforce belonging to electricity, medical and police departments will continue discharging their duties to the fullest, employees of other departments will be asked to work on a 20 percent rotational basis. The telangana chief minister also announced the closure of the state’s borders during the time of the lockdown while defending his government’s host of stringent measures as the need of the hour for self-defence and stop the spread of COVID-19 disease.

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