THIRUVANANTHAPURAM:
Experts criticise Union Home Ministry for insisting on more lockdown curbs, say it’s a punishment for controlling spread so far while other states are free now after letting unbridled virus transmission
The Union home ministry’s directive to some states including Kerala to adhere to strict Covid containment measures from Wednesday to August 31 has effectively nailed any attempt to ease lockdown restrictions during Onam. The directions to impose strict measures to reduce the test positivity rate came when Thiruvonam is just three weeks away.Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla has asked states with reproduction numbers (also known as ‘R naught’, a term that estimates how fast the infection is spreading) of more than one to take up strictest possible measures in districts with high TPR.
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