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Covid guidelines for shopping malls and local markets must be strictly followed, the government said.
New Delhi:
States must ensure that coronavirus precautions are strictly followed during the holiday season, the government said in a notice on Saturday, listing measures such as promoting online shopping and avoiding unnecessary travel to prevent rates infection to climb as they have in some countries.
The government has proposed measures such as:
- Promote online celebration fashions, online shopping, and discourage unnecessary travel.
- Strictly follow Covid guidelines during festival celebrations.
- No mass gatherings in containment areas and districts where more than 5% of tests come back positive.
- The state government should issue directives well in advance.
- Gatherings permitted with prior permission and a limited number of participants should be closely supervised.
- Guidelines for shopping malls, local markets and places of worship should be strictly followed.
- Follow Five Pillars of Covid Management – Test, Track, Treat, Vaccinate and Track Behaviors Appropriate to Covid.
- District authorities should closely monitor the trajectory of cases.
The guidelines precede major festivals like Diwali and Eid next month. It also follows a worrying increase in coronavirus cases in many countries such as Russia, the UK and China, where schools are closed and renewed closures are announced.
In a letter to Union states and territories, Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan said standard operating procedures released last month to curb any spikes in cases should be followed.
“States / UT are further urged to ensure that non-compliance with COVID. Appropriate behavior in public places is strongly addressed. Intersectoral collaboration between health services, law enforcement agencies, market and trade associations, civil society organizations and the community will be essential to curb any risk of a spike in the trajectory of COVID-19 Mr. Bhushan said in the letter.
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