Tripura CM Says Lockdown Will Be Fully Lifted After Covid-19 Vaccine Is Invented

Agartala: The government of India on Friday extended the nationwide lockdown by two weeks beyond May 3, but Tripura chief minister Biplab Kumar Deb had already said that the lockdown will continue in some form or the other in the state until a Covid-19 vaccine is invented.

“Lockdown is the only way (to fight Covid-19). There’s still a long way to end lockdown in a phased manner. It is impossible to resume inter-state bus, train or air services now. So lockdown will remain,” Tripura chief minister Biplab Kumar Deb said after an all-party meeting on Thursday night.

He added that the lockdown will continue and people have to live with it till a proper vaccine is invented.

“Nearly all poor people of the state have received different amounts of financial benefits, ranging from Rs 2,000 to Rs 5,000 in their bank accounts along with free ration supply to tide over difficulties of lockdown. We are a small state but have taken initiatives to revive the economy after lockdown. Fifty out of 75 industrial units at Bodhjungngar are already functional,” Deb said.