The Ministry of Home Affairs on 19th June 2021 has urged States and Union territories to follow the fivefold strategy of COVID appropriate behavior, test-track-treat, and vaccination.
To reiterate, COVID appropriate behaviour includes mandatory use of masks, hand hygiene, social distancing and also proper ventilation of closed spaces. However, easing of restrictions in some States, have led to resumption of crowding of people in markets etc. without adherence to the norms of COVID appropriate behaviour. It is, therefore essential to ensure that complacency does not set in, and there is no let-up in adhering to COVID appropriate behaviour, while opening up activities.
Therefore, all state and UT governments should step up the pace of vaccination, to cover a maximum number of people in an expeditious manner.
