No more Covid curbs under Disaster Management Act after March 31: MHA

Masks, social distancing norms to continue; States and UTs allowd to issue standard operating procedures (SoPs) for containment measures, vaccination

Two years after the pandemic broke out and the country went into a mega-lockdown, the Union Home Ministry has decided to end all its Covid19 containment measures from March 31, and has said that there may not be any further need to invoke the provisions of the Disaster Management Act for Covid containment measures.

However, wearing of masks and maintaining social distancing norms will continue as earlier.

The Home Secretary said that in view of the nature of the disease, people still need to remain watchful of the situation, and whenever there is any surge in the number of cases observed, states