Lockdown News 2023 Update: YouTube channel posts fake video claiming 7 days lockdown in India - FACT CHECK | Covid Guidelines India, Airport

Lockdown News 2023, Lockdown Update in India, Delhi: The government has stepped up measures to avoid a Coronavirus spillover from China and other countries. Ever since a few cases of Covid BF.7 variant were reported, the government has taken steps to check the spread of the virus and has assured that preparations are in place to deal with the worst. The government has appealed to citizens to follow the Covid protocols and get inoculated (Covid vaccination) to lower the risk of infection.

Amid the fourth wave scare, a message is being widely circulated on the Internet that the government has decided to impose a lockdown for 7 days in the country. 

India Lockdown Viral Message

A fake screenshot from a YouTube channel -- CE News, claimed that a lockdown will be imposed in India from December 24. The lockdown will remain in force for a week. It even claimed that the decision to impose lockdown was taken during an emergency meeting presided over by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

However, when the Press Information Bureau (PIB) conducted a fact check on the viral post. It turned out to be fake.

CLAIM: Bharat Bandh for 7 days from December 24 amid COVID 4th wave scare.

FACT: These claims are FAKE. No such announcement has been made by the Central government.

‘CE News’ नामक एक #YouTube चैनल के वीडियो में यह दावा किया जा रहा है कि आज रात 12 बजे से 7 दिन तक भारत बंद रखने का फैसला लिया गया है#PIBFactCheck

इस वीडियो में किया गया दावा फ़र्ज़ी है

भारत सरकार ने ऐसा कोई फैसला नहीं लिया है pic.twitter.com/eX3QXdkOxn

— PIB Fact Check (@PIBFactCheck) December 24, 2022

Experts have said that India's present Covid scenario does not warrant restricting international flights or imposing a lockdown, but there is a need for strengthened surveillance and vigilance in view of the rise in cases in some countries.

Covid Guideline: RT-PCR to be mandatory for travelers from 5 countries 

In view of the increasing number of Covid-19 cases, random coronavirus testing of international arriving passengers has begun at the Delhi airport from Saturday, December 24. The step comes at a time when authorities are taking up measures to prevent possible spread of Coronavirus infection in the country.

Additionally, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said that RT-PCR has been made mandatory for passengers coming from China, Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong, and Thailand. Any passenger from these countries found symptomatic or testing positive for coronavirus would be quarantined, he added.

China is currently hit by the highly transmissible Omicron strain mostly BF.7. It is the main variant spreading in Beijing and is contributing to a wider surge of infections in the country.

BF.7 is a sub-lineage of the Omicron variant BA.5 and has the strongest infection ability since it is highly transmissible. It has a shorter incubation period, and has a higher capacity to cause reinfection or infect even those vaccinated.

India had imposed a complete lockdown in March-April 2020 to arrest the spread of Coronavirus.

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