As the Union Health Ministry divided all the districts across India into red, orange and green zones, all the 11 districts in the national capital have been marked as red zones, where no activities will be allowed in the coming weeks.
The containment zones are marked if more than 4 cases are reported. If these are from one building, the entire building is sealed. Then this building/house is taken as the centre point and a 0.5 km radius is marked geographically and made into a containment zone. Health workers, ASHA workers and police take over the management of this containment zone.
The Union ministry of housing and urban affairs (MoHUA) had advised the state governments to treat safety gear like masks and gloves even from non-quarantined households as domestic hazardous waste. Unlike regular waste, masks and safety gear should be treated in incinerators.
Asymptomatic cases refer to people who are tested COVID-19 positive but develop no symptoms such as fever, cough or sore throat. However, they pose a risk of spreading the disease to others.
“Restrictions will be in place up to 5 km from every active cluster. Barricades will be up and police pickets will be stationed to restrict movement,” district magistrate Suhas LY said.
The teams will work closely with state governments and district administrations to support hospital preparedness, ventilator management and containment measures, health ministry joint secretary Lav Agarwal said.
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