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Kerala lockdown rules | What’s allowed and what’s not

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Kerala goes into lockdown from May 8 to 16, 2021 following a massive increase in the toll due to COVID-19.

As lockdown has kicked in at 6 am on Saturday, the police have intensified checking of vehicles near Kumbalam toll plaza on Saturday morning.

COVID-19 surge | Lockdown begins in Kerala

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People told to remain indoors and avoid inessential travel.

As the lockdown kicked in at 6 a.m. on May 8 in Kerala, the police were seen intercepting vehicles for inessential travel near the Kumbalam toll plaza.

Labour department’s action plan for migrants comes handy as Kerala goes into lockdown

The plan submitted by the department for the wellbeing of the migrants and subsequently approved by the government envisaged three different scenarios of which one was a State-wide lockdown.

Migrant labourers waiting for trains at the Kozhikode Railway Station on Monday to go back to their native places as Kerala is going into a near-lockdown mode from Tuesday; and right, people stocking up on vegetables and groceries at the Palayam market in Kozhikode.

Don’t drop caution at home: CM

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‘Interactions within homes, during meal times or prayers, should be minimised’

Diligent vehicle-checking by the police to ensure compliance with travel curbs resulted in traffic jam at Palayam in Thiruvananthapuram on Friday.

As lockdown has kicked in at 6 am on Saturday, the police have intensified checking of vehicles near Kumbalam toll plaza on Saturday morning.

Kerala lockdown rules | What’s allowed and what’s not

As the lockdown kicked in at 6 a.m. on May 8 in Kerala, the police were seen intercepting vehicles for inessential travel near the Kumbalam toll plaza.

COVID-19 surge | Lockdown begins in Kerala

Migrant labourers waiting for trains at the Kozhikode Railway Station on Monday to go back to their native places as Kerala is going into a near-lockdown mode from Tuesday; and right, people stocking up on vegetables and groceries at the Palayam market in Kozhikode.

Labour department’s action plan for migrants comes handy as Kerala goes into lockdown

Diligent vehicle-checking by the police to ensure compliance with travel curbs resulted in traffic jam at Palayam in Thiruvananthapuram on Friday.

Don’t drop caution at home: CM

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Volunteers Ashwin Kunjumon and Rekha who shifted a COVID-19 patient to the hospital on motorbike.

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Health workers in PPE kits arrive at Rajaji Nagar in the capital city to help move COVID-19 patients to hospitals with the aid of the police on May 6.

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Migrant workers waiting to board a train outside the North railway station in Kochi a day before the State-wide lockdown is set to kick in, on May 7, 2021.

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41,971 persons test positive in Kerala

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Kerala lockdown rules | What’s allowed and what’s not

Kerala goes into lockdown from May 8 to 16, 2021 following a massive increase in the toll due to COVID-19.

Labour department’s action plan for migrants comes handy as Kerala goes into lockdown

The plan submitted by the department for the wellbeing of the migrants and subsequently approved by the government envisaged three different scenarios of which one was a State-wide lockdown.

COVID-19 surge | Lockdown begins in Kerala

People told to remain indoors and avoid inessential travel.

No wedding ceremony at Guruvayur temple

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3,738 new COVID cases in Thrissur

Thrissur district recorded 3,738 positive cases on Friday, while 1,837 people recovered from the disease. The test positivity rate (TPR) of the

Kalabhavan to support DMO’s COVID-19 campaign

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Active cases cross four lakh in Kerala

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1,173 COVID-19 cases in Wayanad

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Don’t drop caution at home: CM

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