lnstructions for resuming of rimited operations from Aprir 20th 2020- Defining "Red, Orange and Green Mandals/ zones,,
11 districts out of the 13 districts in the state of Andhra Pradesh have been categorized as "hotspot districts with rarge outbreaks,,.Th is
essentially means there are multi foci of infection in the state as well as the doubling rate of
cases is 4 days and below. with 603 covrD positive cases registered in the state as on 18th April, the doubling rate of cases is 3.4 days. The districts of Kurnool (2.5), Guntu(3.3), chittoor(3.7), Anantapur (3.9) are doubling in less than 4 days while prakasam and Neflore
have a doubling rate of 4 days. This shows the speed at which the infection is spreading which
needs to be contained.
MHA, Gor vide order under reference 2 above has exempted certain activities which
can be taken up outside the red zones. ln a manner that the Gol has classified districts based
on the severity of the pandemic, it is proposed by the state Government to consider ,,Mandal
as an administrative unit for the purposes of effective containment and phased withdrawal of the lockdown".
rn Ap we have a totar of 676 mandars both in the urban and rurar areas out of which g7
mandals are affected till date i.e. where positive cases have been diagnosed and these are being categorized as "Red mandals". All other mandals are categorized as ,,Green mandars,, which may become red as and when new cases are detected. There are 15g containment clusters within the affected mandars and cities as on lgth Apr 2o2o, rrhi.f ,.fr:n.r".r. u,
new cases get detected outside the existing clusters. A containment cluster includes all positive cases and their contacts within the limited area, which has a 3 kms radius from the epicenter of case/s with a buffer of 7 kms in rural areas and 5 kms in urban areas. Therefore it is decided that for the purpose of containment, the entire mandar/ adjoining mandars, through which the buffer extends so, wifl be treated as ,.Red mandar/Red zoie,, for tfre purpose of the restrictions. Further, as infection rate is higher in the urban areas of the state, all the "Red mandars"-and a[ the cities/ towns/ municiparities wifl u"- unae, *,e extended lock down till May 3d 2020 where the exemptions shall not apply.
These "Red zones,,/,,Red mandals,, or urban areas will move to an ,,Orange
zone" f"orange mandar" if no new cases are registered in the rast 14 days from the date under reference. similarry, the "orange zone" wifl become green if no new i.r", "r" registered in the last 14 days of it being decrared "orange zone" as-has been prescribed by MoHFW.
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