Staggered timings, free inter-state movement part of new MHA Covid norms

Guidelines effective between Dec 1 till month end. States told to strictly enforce containment measures, regulate crowds, exercise caution

With Covid-19 cases surging in many parts of the country, the home ministry has issued fresh guidelines for states to strictly enforce containment measures, surveillance and caution to fully overcome the pandemic. The guidelines will be effective from December 1 till the end of the month. 

States have been allowed to assess the situation to impose local restrictions to contain the spread of Covid-19 such as night curfews, but they cannot impose any local lockdowns outside the containment zones without consultation with the central government. 

In cities where the weekly case positivity rate is more than 10 per cent, states have been