Chhattisgarh tops ‘best off districts’ across nation in Covid-19 control

RAIPUR: Chhattisgarh tops the ‘best off districts or Covid-19- free clusters’ which are in the green zone, shows data compiled and mapped by the Union ministry for health and family welfare, the state government official said.

The chief minister Bhupesh Baghel has tweeted that the people of Chhattisgarh with unfaltering grit have fought #Covid19 to be top amongst the best off states with the highest percentage of Green Zones.With this continued perseverance we will carry on fighting this disease #togetheralone.

Based on dynamic criteria, the Union health ministry has classified districts into three zones: red districts—where the entire district is a hotspot, or a cluster within the district is a hotspot— orange district—where there may still be a cluster—and green – a completely non-infected district, the state government official said.
As per the data of ministry of health and family welfare, Chhattisgarh state has 81 percent green zone area while Jharkhand has 79 percent, Bihar has 71 percent, Odisha has 70 percent and Assam has 64 percent green zone, the official added.
Besides, Delhi has emerged as the worst off districts in the green zone with zero percent while Kerala (7), Tamil Nadu (9), Telangana (10) and Andhra Pradesh (15) are among the worst off districts across the nation, he said.
Out of 28 districts of Chhattisgarh, a single corona virus has not been reported in 23 districts so far. At the same time, only one district, Korba, of the state is included in the red zone and in four districts – Raipur, Rajnandgaon, Durg and Bilaspur, no fresh cases of Covid-19 positive has been reported in the last 10 days, the government official said.
Though the countrywide lockdown will be enforced until May 3, selective resumption of economic activities will be permitted in the districts that have been identified as green zones from April 20 onwards, he added.
The Union ministry for home affairs has permitted the state to ease the lockdown to a certain extent and permit economic activities from April 20 as per its guidelines, the official said.
Taking action on the instruction of the Centre, the state general administration department has issued the necessary orders to all the secretaries, department heads, divisional commissioners and district collectors to allow selective resumption of economic activities, the official said.
District administrations will have to facilitate functioning while ensuring that guidelines applicable in the area are followed, said the official.
Provision of the limited exemption in identified areas has been completed keeping in mind about the people who earn their livelihoods on a daily basis, the official said.
While lifting certain restrictions, utmost care has to be maintained to ensure that hotspots don’t proliferate and the disease is controlled in such areas, the official said.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his address to the nation earlier this week, had announced a limited exemption to some identified areas which performed well during the lockdown.