New Delhi :Micro containment zones in high covid-19 burden areas, proper testing, tracing and vaccination can control the rising covid-19 crisis, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Thursday.
He was taking stock of the covid-19 situation and ongoing vaccination program at a virtual meeting with chief ministers of all states, as the second wave of the pandemic raging in the country.Modi indicated that there is no need for a total lockdown as practiced in the previous spell of pandemic. He said that the country didn’t have enough infrastructure to deal with the rising cases but now the country is fully equipped to handle remerging health crisis. “We have resources and experience now. We brought down the peak of the pandemic earlier also, we can do this once again with test, track, treat, COVID-appropriate behaviour," PM told the chief ministers.
However, Modi asked the states to strict containment measures and impose night curfews using the word 'Corona Curfew' in order to spread awareness regarding the highly infectious disease.
"We will need to concentrate on micro-containment zones. the night curfews have been effective in many other countries. The curfew timings can be from 9 PM or 10 PM till 5AM or AM," said Modi.
India’s daily new cases continue to rise. 1,26,789 new cases were registered in the last 24 hours. Ten States including Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, Keralaand Punjab have shown a rise in the COVID daily new cases. 84.21% of the new cases are reported from these 10 states.
Maharashtra has reported the highest daily new cases at 59,907. It is followed by Chhattisgarh with 10,310 while Karnataka reported 6,976 new cases. In the first seven days of March and April, 2021.
At least 685 deaths were reported in the last 24 hours. Ten States account for 87.59% of the new deaths. Maharashtra saw the maximum casualties (322). Punjab follows with 62 daily deaths.