The coastal belt of the district has been excluded from the list of containment zones, District Collector Navjot Khosa said on Wednesday.
Coastal areas with a high number of cases will be treated as micro containment zones, Ms. Khosa said.
The following coastal areas will be treated as micro containment zones: Ward no: 4, Mudippura, Puthen Nada and Valiyapalli wards in Anchuthengu panchayat; Mannotukonam, Mannakallu in Kottukal panchayat; and Vengadambu ward in Kulathur panchayat.
The following coastal areas in Thiruvananthapuram Corporation limits are micro containment zones; Kochuthope (Vettuthope), St Xavier’s Lane, Velankanni Junction (Beemapally ward); Azad Nagar and Balan Nagar (Manikyavilakom ward) SM Lock, Moonattumukku (Puthenpally ward) and Puthenthura (Vellar ward), a pressnote said.
The coastal belt was brought under total lockdown in mid-July following a sharp spike in…