New Delhi, Dec 28 : Despite the declining trend in new Covid-19 cases, the Central government on Monday extended, till January 31 next year, the safety guidelines directing states and Union Territories (UTs) to maintain surveillance and follow containment measures set earlier.
The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) issued the fresh order, extending the earlier guidelines for surveillance in the first month of the new year.
“While there has been a continuous decline in the active and new Covid-19 or coronavirus cases, there is need to maintain surveillance, containment and caution, keeping in view the surge in cases globally, and emergence of a new variant of the virus in the United Kingdom (UK),” the ministry said in a statement.
Accordingly, it said containment zones should continue to be demarcated carefully and prescribed containment measures strictly followed within these zones.
As per the ministry, there is clear direction to promote Covid-19 appropriate behaviour and its strict enforcement.
It also directed the Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) prescribed in respect of various permitted activities be followed “scrupulously”.
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