To prevent migrant exodus, DDMA decides against more curbs
The Hindu
It will monitor hospital bed occupancy and strict enforcement of COVID protocol for the time being; decision on more curbs only if cases rise
Restrictions should not be scaled up despite the ongoing surge in COVID-19 cases to nip the possibility of a mass exodus of migrant workers — witnessed during the first two waves of the pandemic — in the bud, the Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) decided on Wednesday.
The current upsurge, mainly in the positivity rate, which settled at 1.29% on Wednesday, makes the situation ripe for the imposition of the ‘amber’ or level 2 of the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP), which calls for more restrictions if the positivity rate persists over 1% for over two days.
The restrictions include shutting restaurants and bars as well as reductions in the number of passengers in public transport among others.
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