Centre asks states/UT's to end additional Covid-19 restrictions as cases decline

The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare in a letter to all states and UT's asked them to end Covid-19 restrictions, saying the pandemic has been on a declining trend since last week.

Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan in his letter to all States/UTs asked them to review and amend or end additional Covid-19 restrictions as the pandemic in the country shows a sustained declining trend.

In his letter, Bhushan wrote, "The Covid-19 pandemic in India is showing a sustained declining trend since January 21, 2022. The average daily cases during last week were 50,476 and 27,409 new cases have



been reported in the last 24 hours. The daily case positivity on February 15, has declined to 3.63%."

After looking at the current Covid-19 trend and positivity rates in states, the letter stated that the movement of people and economic activities should not be hampered by the additional Covid-19 restrictions.

However, the letter asked the states/UTs to continue monitoring the trajectory of cases on a daily basis.

Also, the health secretary asked states to follow the five-fold strategy of test, track, treat, vaccination and adherence to Covid-appropriate behavior.