CONTAINMENT ZONES

July 4, 2020

Demarcation of containment zones serves the same purpose as lockdown and classification of districts, but at a more micro level.

About:

  • In the current pandemic, all interventions are primarily geared towards reducing people-to-people contact, and thus breaking the chain of transmission to the extent possible. That is the objective with which the containment zones are demarcated.

  • Demarcation of containment zones is done within a town, village, or municipal or panchayat area.

  • Neighbourhoods, colonies, or housing societies where infected people live are sealed, and access is restricted. Containment zones are where the restrictions on movement and interaction are the most severe.

  • It is the district, town or panchayat authorities that decide which areas have to be marked as containment zones, how large they would be, and what kind of restrictions would apply.

  • The definition and time period vary, and are continuously reviewed and updated.