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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has announced extension of the lockdown in the state till July 31 to contain the spread of COVID-19. The ongoing lockdown in West Bengal was to end on June 30.
Banerjee, after attending an all-party meeting held at an auditorium adjacent to the state secretariat, said though there were differences of opinion among the leaders, it was finally decided to extend the curbs till the end of July with relaxations.
The extension comes after TMC supremo and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee held an all-party meeting at Nabanna in Kolkata to discuss measures to tackle Covid-19 situation in the state.
The West Bengal government had convened a similar meeting to hold discussions on the pandemic in March just after the nationwide lockdown began.
Total 555 people infected by the coronavirus died in the state till Sunday, while the positive case tally reached 13,531, according to the health department.
The state government has been facing flak from the opposition over the alleged mishandling of the outbreak, which the ruling party has rubbished as baseless.
