Kerala govt to review Covid surge, with new guidelines

  • | Monday | 31st May, 2021

Given the emphasis on home delivery, the administration has allowed units producing and selling packaging to function. 

Kerala entered a relatively less stringent COVID-19 lockdown phase on Monday.

The government will review the shutdown on June 9. It will gauge its impact on the epidemic and decide whether to intensify or relax the restrictions further.

Kerala had clamped down heavily on life, mobility, retail and production since May 8 to retard a seemingly relentless tide of coronavirus infections that threatened to overwhelm the State’s health infrastructure.

A recent dip in the test positivity rate had prompted the government on Saturday to lessen the intensity of regulations to coax some moribund sectors back into life.

The government also lifted the triple lockdown in Malappuram, bringing the entire State under a standard pandemic control code.

 
The administration attempts to walk a tightrope between reviving the economy and keeping the pestilence at bay. An official says the government is mulling more steps to mitigate the loss of livelihood and restore production.

Industrial production is set to resume in stages from Monday. Factories, including those in the traditional coir and cashew sectors, could operate with not more than 50% of the registered workforce.

Kerala State Road Transport Corporation would conduct minimal services to transport workers to industrial localities and back. However, the workers should carry identity cards and state their purpose of travel on an affidavit. The ban on casual travel remained in force. Banks could remain open till 5 p.m. on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.

 


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