Adhere to all safety precautions, Police Commissioner appeals to people

‘Positivity rate can be brought down to 1% by adopting COVID appropriate behaviour’

Police Commissioner Manish Kumar Sinha has appealed to people to cooperate in implementation of COVID-19 protocols by adhering to all safety precautions. The positivity rate in Visakhapatnam has come down to less than 5 %. By strictly adhering to COVID-19 appropriate behaviour, it could be brought down to 1%, he said. People should come out of their homes, only if it was absolutely necessary, Mr. Sinha said. Addressing the media near Kali Matha temple at R.K Beach Road here on Sunday, Mr. Sinha said that the city police have taken all measures to ensure strict implementation of the curfew in the city. He said that the police have been working in two shifts – from 6 p.m. to 12 a.m. and 12 a.m. to 6 a.m. as part of enforcement. The police teams have been divided into two pickets – evening and night pickets. The evening picket comprises 42 law and order teams, 38 traffic teams and 19 crime teams. The night pickets include 35 L&O teams, 24 traffic teams and 37 crime beat police teams, he said.