New guidelines permit relaxations for safer zones
The Centre has extended the national lockdown for a further period of two weeks with effect from May 4-17, 2020 and issued new guidelines to regulate different activities based on the risk profiling of the districts into red, green and orange zones.
The Health Ministry has listed 130 districts in the country in red zone, 284 in orange zone and 319 in green zone on the basis of COVID-19 incidences, doubling rate, the extent of testing and surveillance feedback.
The Union Home Ministry also issued detailed guidelines, specifying activities allowed in the three zones apart from what is permitted and not allowed country-wide.
Prohibited activities throughout the country, irrespective of the zone:
* Travel by air, rail, metro and inter-state movement by road, running of schools, colleges, and other educational and training and coaching institutions; hospitality services, including hotels and restaurants.
* Places of large public gatherings such as cinema halls, malls, gymnasiums, sports complexes etc; social, political, cultural and other kinds of gatherings and religious places or places of worship for public.
* Movement of individuals, for all non-essential activities shall remain strictly prohibited between 7 pm to 7 am.
* In all zones, persons above 65 years of age, persons with co-morbidities, pregnant women, and children below the age of 10 years shall stay at home, except for meeting essential requirements and for health purposes.
Activities allowed:
* Movement of persons by air, rail and road is allowed for select purposes, and for purposes as permitted by Ministry of Home Affairs.
* Out-Patient Departments (OPDs) and medical clinics shall be permitted to operate in red, orange and green zones, with social distancing norms and other safety precautions. However, these will not be permitted within the containment zones.
* All goods traffic is to be permitted and no state or Union Territory shall stop the movement of cargo for cross land-border trade under treaties with neighbouring countries.
Green zone:
* All activities are permitted except the limited number of activities which are prohibited throughout the country, irrespective of the zone.
* However buses can operate with upto 50 per cent seating capacity and bus depots can operate with upto 50 per cent capacity.
(New guidelines issued by MHA on Nagaland Post website E-paper in PDF)