{"id":23101,"date":"2020-06-08T05:55:24","date_gmt":"2020-06-08T05:55:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/?p=23101"},"modified":"2020-06-08T05:55:26","modified_gmt":"2020-06-08T05:55:26","slug":"health-ministry-colour-code-districts-to-help-manage-covid-19-pandemic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/health-ministry-colour-code-districts-to-help-manage-covid-19-pandemic\/","title":{"rendered":"Health Ministry Colour code districts to help manage COVID-19 pandemic"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Government of India decided to <strong>divide all districts <\/strong>across the country into<strong> hotspots, non-hotspots and green zones<\/strong>. The announcement was made by Lav Agarwal, joint secretary of the Health Ministry.<br><br><strong><u>Highlights:<\/u><\/strong><br>\u2666 The aim is to help manage the COVID-19 pandemic. It will also help the partial opening up of economic activities during the extended period of the nationwide lockdown.&nbsp;<br>\u2666 The move also aims to help in the management of hotspots and the spread of the pandemic. The health and family welfare ministry has launched a new set of guidelines for the second phase of lockdown till 3 May.<br>\u2666 As of 15 April, the Ministry has identified<strong> 170 hotspot districts, 207 non-hotspot districts<\/strong> reporting cases and<strong> 359 green zone districts <\/strong>not reporting any cases across the country.<br>\u2666 These numbers will increase or decrease based on fresh cases of COVID-19 infection.<br>\u2666 The new guidelines by the Ministry are aimed to help the central and state governments to allow some economic activities in select areas.&nbsp;<br>\u2666 The economic activities in the green zone districts will be allowed but restricted in the red zones, which will continue to have the current lockdown measures.&nbsp;<br><br><strong><u>How are the zones divided?<\/u><\/strong><br>The Ministry of Health stated that reporting a single case of an area makes the area a hotspot. If any district reports more than 6 COVID-19 positive cases, it would be classified as a hotspot district or red zone. If there are COVID-19 positive cases, it will be classified as green zones.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Government of India decided to divide all districts across the country into hotspots, non-hotspots and green zones. The announcement was made by Lav Agarwal, joint secretary of the Health Ministry. Highlights:\u2666 The aim is to help manage the COVID-19 pandemic. 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