MHA issues new COVID-19 guidelines from December 1: What is permitted and what is not?

MHA issues new COVID-19 guidelines from December 1: What is permitted and what is not?

Amid the rising coronavirus COVID-19 instances within the nation, the Union Home Ministry on Wednesday (November 25) issued new tips with regard to the surveillance, containment and warning with the intention to curb the unfold of the lethal virus.

The tips can be efficient from December 1. As per the brand new tips, the states and UTs can impose native restrictions with the intention to comprise the unfold of COVID-19.

“States and UTs, based on their assessment of the situation, may impose local restrictions, with a view to containing the spread of COVID-19 such as night curfew. However, state and UT governments shall not impose any local lockdown (state/ district/ sub-division/City level), outside the containment zones, without prior consultation with the central government,” the rules mentioned.

The ministry mentioned that native district, police and municipal authorities shall be accountable to make sure that the prescribed containment measures are strictly adopted. State and UT governments will make sure the accountability of the officers involved on this regard, the ministry mentioned.

Read: No new lockdown, Centre’s new COVID-19 tips to be efficient from December 1

It is to be famous that the conduction of all different non-essential actions are allowed exterior containment zones.

However, some actions are solely allowed with the next restrictions:

1. International air journey of passengers, as permitted by the MHA.

2. Cinema halls and theatres, with solely 50 per cent capability.

3. Swimming swimming pools for use solely by athletes just for coaching functions.

4. Exhibition halls, just for enterprise to enterprise (B2B) functions.

5. Social, non secular, sports activities, leisure, instructional, cultural, non secular gatherings with as much as a most of 50 % of the corridor capability. Not greater than 200 folks allowed in closed areas and states and UTs could cut back the ceiling to 100 folks or much less too.

For all such actions exterior the containment zones, Covid-19 norms issued by the MHA needs to be adopted:

1. States and UTs shall take all mandatory steps to advertise Covid acceptable behaviour.

2. States and UTs should implement Covid-19 practices like carrying face masks.

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3. Social distancing should be noticed in crowded locations like markets, public transports and weekly bazaars. A Standard of Procedure (SOP) can be issued by MHA quickly.

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