Impose Lockdown In Gujarat To Curb COVID-19 Spread: Medical Body To High Court

COVID-19 Gujarat: If the Gujarat government is not in favour of a lockdown, then it should think of restricting various activities to control people's movement outside their homes, the Indian Medical Association's (IMA) Gujarat chapter president Dr Devendra Patel told the high court.

The Gujarat government should impose a two-week lockdown in the state to check the spread of COVID-19, the Indian Medical Association's state branch suggested in its submission to the Gujarat High Court on Tuesday. If the Gujarat government is not in favour of a lockdown, then it should think of restricting various activities to control people's movement outside their homes, the Indian Medical Association's (IMA) Gujarat chapter president Dr Devendra Patel told the high court. He made the suggestions before a division bench of Chief Justice Vikram Nath and Justice Bhargav Karia during an online hearing on a PIL taken up suo motu (on its own) on the overall coronavirus situation in the state. The bench had invited Dr Patel to share his views on behalf of doctors.