Delhi to sanitise city’s red, orange zones from Monday
Even as the country awaited a formal announcement by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to extend the nationwide lockdown, Telangana became the fourth state to extend it till April 30. The current phase of lockdown ends on Tuesday.
The health ministry data revealed that coronavirus (Covid-19) has claimed 273 lives in India as the number of cases climbed to 8,447 by Sunday. There were over 900 new cases, it said.
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According to finance ministry sources, the PM might address the nation once the Centre shapes the contours of the plan to revive economic activity in a phased manner. The Centre is keen to restart economic activity in ‘green zones’, or areas with a low incidence of Covid-19 cases.
Some of the states showed how a less than total lockdown is likely to be enforced, with the Delhi government categorising Covid-19 areas, depending on the intensity of the spread, as red, orange, and green. Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said containment zones had been declared as red and orange as high-risk. While a final plan is in the works, one suggestion is to classify areas with more than 15 cases as red, fewer than 15 orange, and no cases as green.
Source: Business Standard
