Cabinet Secretary and the Principal Secretary
to the Prime Minister reviewed the status, actions taken and preparedness
regarding management and containment of COVID-19 in a high level with Chief
Secretaries of States through a video conference, here today. The increase in the number of confirmed cases
during the last few days was discussed. The Central Government impressed upon
the States the need for urgent and effective interventions.
After detailed discussions, the following decisions were taken:
a.
State
Governments will issue orders allowing only essential services to operate in
districts with confirmed COVID-19 cases. The focus should be on closure of all
activities except essential services such as hospitals, telecom, medicine
shops, provision stores etc.
b.
Establishments/factories
engaged in manufacturing and distribution of essential commodities like
medicines, vaccines, sanitizers, masks, medical devices, their ancillaries and
support services etc., should be exempt from these restrictions.
c.
State
Governments may expand the list depending on their assessment of the situation.
d.
All
train services suspended till 31st March 2020 including sub
urban rail services.
e.
Good
trains may continue to operate for facilitating availability of essential
commodities.
f.
All
metro rail services suspended till 31st March 2020.
g.
Interstate
passenger transport also to be suspended till 31st Mar 2020.
h.
Transport
services may operate at mere skeletal level
a.
These
measures are temporary but extremely vital to break the chain of transmission.
j.
States
were also requested to ensure that while such measures are being taken,
necessary steps to minimize discomfort to the poor and disadvantaged sections
of the society may be ensured.
k.
States
to request industries, establishments etc., to allow their employees to work
from home and provide remuneration to them during this period.
l.
Central
Government has already asked Labour Ministry and Ministry of Corporate Affairs
to issue necessary instructions to this effect.
m.
States
were further asked to ramp up the readiness to manage the positive cases in
health facilities.
n.
States
to assess the availability of medical services including quarantine and scale
them up to meet all possible contingencies.
o.
States
were asked to have earmarked facilities fully dedicated to manage the COVID-19
cases only.
p.
Each
State was requested to identify and ensure that such hospitals are equipped to
manage the COVID 19 cases.
Following is the list of the districts which have reported
confirmed COVID-19 cases:
|
State
|
District
|
|
Andhra Pradesh
|
Prakasam
|
|
Vijaywada
|
|
|
Vizag
|
|
|
Chandigarh
|
Chandigarh
|
|
Chhattisgarh
|
Raipur
|
|
Delhi
|
Central
|
|
East Delhi
|
|
|
North Delhi
|
|
|
North West Delhi
|
|
|
North East Delhi
|
|
|
South Delhi
|
|
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West Delhi
|
|
|
Gujrat
|
Kutchh
|
|
Rajkot
|
|
|
Gandhinagar
|
|
|
Surat
|
|
|
Vadodara
|
|
|
Ahmedabad
|
|
|
Haryana
|
Faridabad
|
|
Sonepat
|
|
|
Panchkula
|
|
|
Panipat
|
|
|
Gurugram
|
|
|
Himachal Pradesh
|
Kangra
|
|
UT of J&K
|
Srinagar
|
|
Jammu
|
|
|
Karnataka
|
Bangalore
|
|
Chikkaballapura
|
|
|
Mysore
|
|
|
Kodagu
|
|
|
Kalaburgi
|
|
|
Kerala
|
Alappuzha
|
|
Ernakulam
|
|
|
Iduki
|
|
|
Kannur
|
|
|
Kasargod
|
|
|
Kottayam
|
|
|
Mallapuram
|
|
|
Pathanamthitta
|
|
|
Thiruvanthpuram
|
|
|
Thrissur
|
|
|
UT of Ladakh
|
Kargil
|
|
Leh
|
|
|
MP
|
Jabalpur
|
|
Maharashtra
|
Ahmednagar
|
*****
MV
(Release ID :200594)
