COVID-19: Goa may enter green zone by April 20

Panaji, Apr 16 () Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawanton Thursday retweeted BJP national general secretary B LSanthosh's post on Twitter, indicating that Goa might be thefirst state to enter the green zone of the COVID-19 pandemicby April 20.

Taking to Twitter, Santosh had earlier said that ifall goes according to the government's plan, Goa would be thefirst state to be declared a green zone by April 20.

The senior BJP leader had also urged citizens to keeptheir eyes and ears to the ground.

The coastal state had reported seven COVID-19 positivecases, of which six patients have recovered and one is beingtreated at a designated hospital in Margao.

Of the two districts in the state, South Goa hasalready been declared a "green zone" by the Union healthministry.

The health ministry has categorised all districts inIndia into different COVID-19 zones. A district that has notreported positive coronavirus cases can be marked under thegreen zone and lockdown may be eased a little at such places. RPSARU ARU