Topic: Social distancing

The state government has issued advisories to medical staff to prepare for the management of COVID-19 cases & has instructed citizen to follow social distancing measures in public places.

LocalCircles survey seeks to establish level of compliance of Covid guidelines from survey involving 20,000 respondents from 366 districts across India.

Survey released by LocalCircles based on 65,000 responses from 366 districts also shows only 13% people say there’s more than 90% compliance with masking protocols.

Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray urged political parties to ensure festivals and religious programmes 'do not go out of control' amid a rise in daily Covid cases in the state.CM Uddhav Thackeray urged political parties to ensure festivals and religious programmes 'do not go out of control' amid a rise in daily Covid cases in the state.

During a video conference with CM’s of North-Eastern states, PM Narendra Modi said vaccination drive needs to be ramped up to combat the third wave of the Covid pandemic.

According to study by MIT researchers, masks are more important in closed, poorly-ventilated rooms than social distancing to reduce transmission risk.

The survey notes that social events are back in Tier 2, 3 & 4 towns and rural areas after reduction in Covid cases, and many people have stopped wearing mask.

Maybe we’ll still cough in public, not share spoons, or work from home sometimes. But we won't take our lipsticks, luxury and loneliness for granted.

All gatherings of more than 50 people will be banned. Restaurants will continue to be prohibited from serving customers after 9 p.m. and limited to takeouts and deliveries.

The top court asked the Centre to give suggestions on how to strictly implement the guidelines on face masks and social distancing.