The West Bengal govt on Tuesday decided to expand the areas under lockdown and impose tougher restrictions from July 9 to stem the relentless spike in Covid-19 cases, a senior official said. The containment zones and buffer zones around them will be clubbed together and constitute a "broad-based" containment zone where total lockdown will be imposed from 5 pm on Thursday.

Source: Tougher lockdown in Bengal from July 9