Kochi: The government has revised the triple lockdown norms. If five Covid cases are reported a day in an area of 100 meters, it will be a micro-containment zone. The Additional Chief Secretary of the Department of Disaster Management said in an order that the house would be micro-cantonment zoned if covid spreads in a joint family of more than 10 members.
Until now, the micro-cantonment zone was defined on a ward basis and restrictions were enforced. But restrictions are being imposed on only a small area as the spread of Covid continues unabated. Under the new standards, streets, markets, densely populated areas, factories, offices, IT companies, warehouses, auction houses, housing colonies, shopping malls, industrial establishments, flats, harbors, and fish markets will also be covered.
According to the latest Population Weekly Disease Rate (IPR), triple lockdowns have been imposed in 634 wards in 87 local bodies. The IPR is restricted to areas above eight, and last week it was lockdown in 266 wards. Malappuram has the highest number of triple lockdown wards. 171. Palakkad 102 and Kozhikode 89 are the triple lockdown wards. There is not even a single ward in Idukki.
