QUEPEM: Though the three-day statewide
lockdown
ends on Monday, the
Curchorem
town will remain shut for another five days, up to Friday.
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The decision to lock down was taken after a person who had tested positive for Covid-19 had been freely moving around the town before his test results were out. With apprehensions that he may have come in contact with many other persons before the test, the Curchorem market association decided to shut the market till July 24.
From July 17-19, except medical shops and one fair price shop, all other business establishments, including grocery shops and vegetable outlets, remained closed in towns of Quepem, Sanguem and Curchorem and the surrounding villages.
The president of the Curchorem market association, Rocha Pereira, told reporters that the decision was taken after consulting two other market associations and the business community. “We came to the conclusion to have a voluntary lockdown till Friday to contain the virus among Curchorem locals,” he said.
Pereira also requested government to extend the lockdown for a few more days, as a precautionary measure.
Ravi Laad and Agnelo Pires, secretaries of the other market associations, said that “since cases are increasing day by day, lockdown is the only solution to prevent the virus from spreading”.
“Except milk, every thing will be shut in Curchorem till Friday,” Laad said.
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