MHA releases fresh Covid-19 recommendations! Check what is permitted, what is not

Coronavirus Covid-19 new recommendations are out! The Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has issued a new set of recommendations for surveillance, containment, and caution. Governments and administrations in states or UTs have been directed to strictly enforce containment measures, Standard operating procedures (SOPs) on many activities, and COVID-19 suitable behavior and exercising caution and regulate crowds. The new Covid-19 recommendations permitted only vital activities in Containment Zones. Local district, police, and municipal authorities will have to make sure that prescribed Containment measures strictly adhere, the Union Ministry of Home Affairs stated in a statement.

The new recommendations came a day just after Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Chief Ministers and raised issues more than current negligence by widespread individuals concerning following the Covid-19 suitable behaviour and norms. The recommendations will be powerful from December 1, 2020 and to stay in force upto December 31, 2020.

Covid-19 surveillance

A strict perimeter handle will have to be deployed to make sure that there is no movement of individuals in or out of these zones, except for healthcare emergencies and for preserving provide of vital goods and solutions. Intensive property-to-property surveillance, Covid-19 testing will have to be carried out as per prescribed protocol. Listing of contacts will have to be carried out in respect of all persons discovered Covid 19 optimistic, along with their tracking, identification, quarantine and comply with up of contacts for 14 days. Around 80 % of contacts to be traced in 72 hours, the MHA stated in a statement. There need to be swift isolation of COVID-19 sufferers in remedy facilities/ dwelling topic to fulfilling the dwelling isolation recommendations). Clinical interventions, as prescribed, will have to be administered.