New Delhi, May 1: After a comprehensive review, and in view of the Lockdown measures having led to significant gains in the COVID-19 situation in the country, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), Govt. of India issued an order under the Disaster Management Act, 2005 today to further extend the Lockdown for a further period of two weeks beyond May 4, 2020. The MHA also issued new guidelines to regulate different activities in this period, based on the risk profiling of the districts of the country into Red (hotspot), Green and Orange Zones. The Guidelines have permitted considerable relaxations in the districts falling in Green and Orange Zones.

In red Zones and outside containment zones, certain activities including plying of cycle rickshaws and auto-rickshaws, taxis and cab aggregators, intra-district and inter-district plying of busses and barber shops, spas and salons will be prohibited in addition to those prohibited throughout India. 

A limited number of activities will remain prohibited across the country, irrespective of the zone, including travel by air, rail, metro and inter-state movement by road, running of schools, colleges and other educational and training/ coaching institutions, the order said.