Covid-19: Sunday lockdown in Kerala to remain for another week | Thiruvananthapuram News – Times of India

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THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The state government has decided to continue with the Sunday lockdown till February 6 and a decision on whether to enforce the lockdown on February 13 too will be taken after reviewing the pandemic situation in the state.
The decision to extend the Sunday lockdown for one more week was taken at the Covid review meeting chaired by chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Monday. The Sunday lockdown is being continued for one more week following reports that the state will continue to witness more cases next week as well.
However, in the meeting it was observed that in some districts like Thiruvananthapuram, Wayanad and Kasaragod, which reported the maximum caseload in the last two weeks, the number of cases has now started to come down.
The hospital admissions and the number of patients in the ICUs in these districts have also declined. However, in other districts like Ernakulam and Thrissur the cases are increasing. Hence it was decided to continue with the with Sunday lockdown as part of caution for one more week. The classifications made for the districts based on the hospital admissions and its restrictions will continue.
The CM directed the state health department to take strict action against government and private hospitals if treatment is denied to any Covid-positive person. People having comorbidities, if tested positive, should be hospitalized and should be provided with adequate treatment, the CM said. The meeting also observed that out of the 45,000 applications received for Covid compensation, 40,410 people have received the compensation.
The CM urged the war room set up to take stock of the number of people getting admitted at hospitals and ICUs. It was also observed about 11 lakh people are involved in Covid care as volunteers in the local bodies of the state. On vaccination, it was observed the second dose has been received by the 84% of eligible population and 71% of the children aged between 15 and 17 years have got vaccinated.