Lockdown 2.0 possibility due to COVID-19 second wave in India.
                     LOCKDOWN  2.0  
POSSIBILITY  DUE  TO  
COVID-19  SECOND  
WAVE  IN  INDIA?
Introduction
• Wednesday, 24 March marks a year of India's nationwide lockdown. 
The country went in for the strict Covid-19 lockdown when just 
around 525 positive infections were detected.
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Second wave of coronavirus
• A year on, since the country went into a lockdown, it is facing a 
second wave of the coronavirus pandemic.
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Possibility of lockdown
• The last few days have particularly been troubling for reviving the 
concerns over possible restrictions and return of another national-
level lockdown.
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Test-track-treat
• However, there is not likely to be another lockdown, the government 
has made it clear as the focus is now on 'test-track-treat' protocol, 
not shutting down establishments.
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Guidelines for April
• In a major development on Tuesday, the Ministry of Home Affairs 
(MHA) has released a fresh set of guidelines for the month of April. 
• The fresh guidelines issued by the MHA will be effective from 1 April 
till 30 April.
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Protocols for states
• Centre is asking states to enhance the proportion of RT-PCR tests, 
strictly enforce the 'test-track-treat' protocol and speed up the pace 
of Covid-19 vaccination to cover all priority groups.
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Focus of the new protocols 
• The focus of the new protocols is to consolidate the substantial gains 
achieved in containing the spread of the virus, which was visible in 
the sustained decline in the number of active cases, continuously for 
about five months.
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Permission: outside containment zones
• The MHA has also permitted all activities outside the Covid-19 containment 
zones. 
• These include movement by passenger trains; air travel; metro trains; schools; 
higher educational institutions; hotels and restaurants; shopping malls, 
multiplexes and entertainment parks; yoga centers and gymnasiums; 
exhibitions, assemblies and congregations, and more.
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Containment strategy
• Government also stressed that in order to ensure that the resumption of 
activities is successful and to fully overcome the Covid-19 pandemic, there is a 
need to strictly follow the prescribed containment strategy.
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Lockdown can be an option
• However, lockdown can be an option at district/sub-district and city/ward level, 
with a view to curb the spread of the deadly virus, based on the assessment of 
the situation, the government has said.
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