Finance
By: Shree1news, 13 JUN 2021
The Odisha government is likely to begin unlock process from June 17 in a phased manner after the Health and Family Welfare department stated that the infection rate has come down in 23 of the coastal state’s 30 districts.
The lockdown which has been imposed within the state in three phases from May 5, will complete its tenure on June 17. In the wake of the second Covid wave, the government had imposed the lockdown from 5-14 May, which was first extended to June 1 and subsequently to June 17.
Due to this fact, the state is unlikely to extend the restrictions, relatively go for a phased unlock process, a senior official stated, adding that restriction can be lifted in districts registering low test positivity rate (TPR).
Director of Health Service (DDHS) Bijay Mohaptra stated, “The districts have been divided into three zones based on their test positivity rate. One zone is having TPR above 10 per cent, another TPR 5-10 per cent whereas the third zone is having districts of TPR less than 5 per cent.”
The lockdown restricts likely to be relaxed in the districts having less than 5 per cent infection rate whereas the restrictions will continue in districts having 10 per cent or more rate of infection, he stated.
Necessary action can be taken by the government for the districts having TPR of 5 to 10 per cent, the director stated adding {that a} meeting at the top level take decision on unlock process.
Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik during a review meeting on June 8 had stated, “Unlock districts where positivity rate is declining in a phased manner is under active consideration of the state government.”
Though the number of active cases has drastically fallen in the Western and Southern region of the state, it is still alarming in nortehn districts (Mayurbhanj and Balasore) and Costal districts (Khurda, Cuttack, Puri, Jagatsinghpur and Jajpur).
In the past one week from 5-11 June, 9 districts of Ganjam, Sonepur, Kandhamal, Deogarh, Bargarh, Gajapati, Sambalpur and Balangir reported test positivity rate of less than 5 percent.
Similarly, 13 districts of OdishaBhadrak, Jajpur, Khurda, Balasore, Cuttack, Puri, Dhenkanal, Kendrapara, Mayurbhanj, Angul, Sundergarh, Nayagarh and Jagatsinghpur have reported a TPR of above 10 per cent during past week.
The TRP was 5 to 10 per cent within the districts like Rayagada, Boudh, Nabarangpur, Koraput, Malkangiri, Keonjhar, Kalahandi, Jharsuguda and Nuapada.
Whereas Bhadrak district reported highest TPR of 28.39 per cent during the week, Ganjam reported lowest TPR of 2.6 per cent during 5-1 June 5, official sources stated.
The Director of Health said 62 per cent patients are still in the ICU and on ventilator support. Their health status would decide the fatality graph in the near future, he stated.
The day by day Covid-19 cases further dipped in Odisha and the state reported 4,852 cases on Saturday whereas it saw highest single day death cases of 47.
Source:A-N
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