Gorakhpur was set to go on lock down according to Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath , due to the 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Uttar Pradesh .
Slaughterhouses in state were ordered to be closed from 22 to 24 March.  22 March , Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath announced the lockdown of fifteen districts in state , from 22 to 25 March , including Noida , Ghaziabad , Agra , Aligarh , Prayagraj , Kanpur , Varanasi , Bareilly , Lucknow , Saharanpur , Meerut , Lakhimpur , Azamgarh , Gorakhpur and others.  Yogi Adityanath announced on 21 March that the Uttar Pradesh government has decided to give ₹1,000 ( US $ 14 ) to all daily wage laborers affected due to coronavirus in the state.