The Home Ministry did not mention anything about the imposition of lockdown anywhere in the country in the fresh guidelines issued in view of the pandemic.
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The Centre on Thursday directed states and union territories to continue the ongoing COVID-19 guidelines till June 30 and asked them to go for intensive and local containment measures in districts with a high number of cases to check the spread of the deadly disease.
In a fresh order, Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla said strict implementation of containment and other measures has led to a declining trend in the number of new and active cases, across states and union territories, barring some areas in the southern and northeastern regions, reports news agency ANI. I would like to highlight that in spite of the declining trend, the number of active cases presently is still very high. It is, therefore, important that containment measures may continue to be implemented strictly.
Ensure strict compliance of containment measures, states told
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New Delhi, May 27 : Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla has asked all states to ensure strict compliance of Covid containment measures, as the case load is decreasing but numbers are still high. I would therefore urge you to continue compliance of containment measures as advised by MoHFW (Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, he said in a letter to all Chief Secretaries.
India on Thursday reported 2,11,298 fresh cases and 3,847 fatalities in the last 24 hours. On Monday, India crossed a grim milestone of three lakh deaths, becoming world s third country after the US and Brazil to reach this figure.
: Thursday, May 27, 2021, 8:41 PM IST
MHA orders continuation of COVID-19 guidelines till June 30; asks states to focus on local curb strategy
A health worker checks the oxygen saturation of a passenger during a screening to check for Covid-19 coronavirus symptoms on passengers after arriving at a railway platform on a long distance train, in Mumbai on May 27, 2021.
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New Delhi: The Centre on Thursday directed states and union territories to continue the ongoing COVID-19 guidelines till June 30 and asked them to go for intensive and local containment measures in districts with a high number of cases to check the spread of the deadly disease.
In a fresh directive,
MHA without giving any directions for lockdown, said the states and union territories should go for intensive and local containment measures in districts with a high number of cases to check the spread of the deadly disease.
Earlier, MHA had asked for identification of districts where either the COVID positivity rate was more than 10 per cent or the bed occupancy was over 60 per cent and for such areas intensive and local containment measures should be considered.
The statement said that the districts fulfilling any of the above two criteria should be considered for taking intensive and local containment measures.