A granular analysis of affected districts in these States and UTs along with some key statistics was presented.
Almost 90 percent of the COVID-19 deaths continue to be in the category of those aged above 45 years. Findings of studies were highlighted which depicted that while 90 percent people are aware, only 44 percent actually wear face masks.
One infected person could spread COVID-19 to an average of 406 other individuals in a 30-day window without restrictions which could be reduced to just 15 by decreasing physical exposure to 50 percent and to a further 2.5 (average) by decreasing physical exposure to 75 percent.
Hence, stringent action, including effective containment and contact tracing for at least 14 successive days in the 46 districts was strongly recommended for breaking the chain of transmission and not frittering away the gains of collaborative efforts of last year.
A five-fold strategy was laid out for adoption by the states and UTs for effective containment and…