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Migrant workers walk towards a bus stop after learning that the administration was preparing to send migrant workers back to their home states during lockdown in New Delhi, India on May 3. Ajay Aggarwal/Hindustan Times/Getty Images

Many parts of India are now under less severe lockdown measures as the country today entered the third extension of nationwide restrictions designed to stop the spread of the novel coronavirus.

In a statement issued Friday, the Ministry of Home Affairs announced that a further lockdown extension of two weeks will be in place until May 17, with a significant ease in restrictions. 

The Indian government has divided the country into zones -- red, orange and green -- depending on the status of the cases registered. Most restrictions in place across India for the last six weeks will be eased for cities and towns falling into the green zone.

However, limited activities will continue to be prohibited across the country.

This includes:

• Travel by air, rail, metro and inter-state movement by road.
• All schools and colleges will continue to remain closed along with any theaters, malls and places of worship.
• The Ministry of Home Affairs will allow movement of people by air, rail and road only for select purposes.

Metropolitan cities such as New Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru and Pune have been classified as red zones. The classification of these regions will be evaluated every week.

In Delhi, all government and private offices will be allowed to open, but private offices will be working at 33% capacity. All educational institutes, hotels, malls, movie theaters and public transport will continue to be closed, said chief minister Arvind Kejriwal in a news briefing Sunday.

“Coronavirus is here and it is here to stay. That it will go away or we won’t have patients infected with it -- that will never happen. It is not happening anywhere in the world. It is not possible. We have to prepare and learn to live with coronavirus,” said Kejriwal.

The Ministry of Home Affairs has asked state governments to issue orders prohibiting gatherings of more than four people from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. Dozens of trains have been organized in the past few days to ferry stranded migrant workers, students and tourists home.

India has recorded a total of 42,533 cases, including 1,373 deaths, according to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.

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