{"id":10106,"date":"2020-08-11T18:13:09","date_gmt":"2020-08-11T12:43:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/34.22.110.190\/english\/?p=10106"},"modified":"2021-01-05T03:07:28","modified_gmt":"2021-01-04T21:37:28","slug":"next-lockdown-on-thursday-august-20-heres-a-look-at-the-complete-lockdown-dates-in-bengal-this-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thebengalstory.com\/english\/next-lockdown-on-thursday-august-20-heres-a-look-at-the-complete-lockdown-dates-in-bengal-this-month\/","title":{"rendered":"Next lockdown on Thursday, August 20; here\u2019s a look at the complete lockdown dates in Bengal this month"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After two days of complete lockdown this month \u2013 on August 5 and 8 \u2013 West Bengal is preparing for next lockdown across the state on August 20, Thursday. After changing the dates twice over, the state government announced seven lockdown dates this month which were planned in a bid to contain the spread of COVID-19.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s the final lockdown dates for August 2020:<\/p>\n<p>August 5 (Wednesday)<\/p>\n<p>August 8 (Saturday)<\/p>\n<p>August 20 (Thursday)<\/p>\n<p>August 21 (Friday)<\/p>\n<p>August 27 (Thursday)<\/p>\n<p>August 28 (Friday)<\/p>\n<p>August 31 (Monday)<\/p>\n<p>There are several \u201cfestivals and local community-base customs\u201d this month which were coinciding with the dates of lockdown that had been announced earlier and thus the dates were revised twice, said state government officials.<\/p>\n<p>The government has decided to impose a biweekly lockdown to contain the spread of COVID-19 after a sudden spike in the number of cases since the last two weeks of July. 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