A lockdown may occur in 150 districts in India.
Does Covid’s fear go to be true in India? Is the Center planning for a complete lockdown again to stop the second wave of corona? This has been indicated in a draft proposal of the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
In the draft proposal, it has been said that there is no way to prevent infection without lockdown in those districts of the country where the positivity rate is more than 15 percent. This news came from an all-India news source.
However, will this proposal be effective at all? That will be right after the talks between the Center and the state government.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi had earlier said that lockdown would be the last weapon of the government to prevent corona infection. Govt will take this extreme step only if all other efforts do not work. At the same time, the Prime Minister requested the people not to push the country towards lockdown in any way. However, this time, perhaps, the Center has to give up that ‘last weapon’.
The Union Ministry of Health has prepared a draft with a proposal for lockdown in 150 districts of the country. According to an all-India news outlet, a high-level meeting on Tuesday proposed lockdowns in 150 districts with a more than 15 percent positivity rate. It may change the proposal later.
However, health ministry officials say there is no way to break the chain of transmission at this time without following strict corona rules. However, the final decision on the lockdown will take after discussions between the Center and the state governments. And even if the lockdown imposes, the emergency services are being kept out of its scope.
Incidentally, the Corona situation in the country at the moment is dire. The number of victims has crossed 3 lakh 80 thousand on Wednesday. The number of active cases is increasing. More than 1 lakh active cases in states like Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Delhi, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Chhattisgarh, and Tamil Nadu.
Many districts in these states and many districts in other states are on the list of possible lockdowns. In many districts of the country, the positivity rate is 30-40 percent. It may take strict measures to bring it under control.
However, nothing announced about lockdown officially yet.
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