Implement containment steps advisory: Ministry of Home Affairs

Granting authorized drive to an April 25 Health Ministry advisory, the Ministry of Home Affairs Thursday issued an order underneath the Disaster Management Act for its quick implementation by states and Union Territories.
The April 25 advisory had requested states and UTs to establish districts the place both the positivity charge had been greater than 10 per cent or extra within the final one week, or the place mattress occupancy was greater than 60 per cent. It had mentioned districts fulfilling any of the above two standards ought to be thought of for taking intensive and native containment measures.
The National Directives for COVID-19 Management shall proceed to be strictly adopted all through the nation, says the the MHA order which can be efficient until May 31.

Making district magistrates accountable for the implementation, the order has mentioned, “Any person violating these measures will be liable to be proceeded against as per the provisions of…the Disaster Management Act, 2005, besides legal action under Section 88 of the IPC, and other legal provisions as applicable.”