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An expert committee has been organized by the government of Kerala in order to review the global lockdown of the COVID-19 pandemic. This committee’s chairmanship was given to K. Abraham, who is the chief secretary. Kerala expert committee’s recommendation was to incorporate a relaxation phase of the pandemic lockdown mainly for the areas which were outside the 7 districts under hotspot in the state from 15th April 2020. In the context of the strategy adopted for the lockdown withdrawal, it can be stated that, to stop the infection cases and control the death rates the government has declared lockdowns in the hotspot areas.
Strategy Adopted for the Lockdown Withdrawal
The strategy adopted for the lockdown withdrawal was after evaluating the mortality rates and rise of COVID-19 cases the government will decide on the hotspot and green zone areas. The hotspot areas were determined as the area where the COVID-19 cases are high , and the mortality rate is gradually increasing day by day. The Kerala Expert committee’s recommendations also came up with non-health and health-related objectives for the steps and strategy of lockdown withdrawal. The strategies were developed for the management of vulnerable populations and hotspot areas. The committee stated that withdrawal of lockdown will only be considered after evaluating the decline and recovery rates in COVID 19 cases that were leading to the initial flattening of the curve of virus infection. The gradual tapering of the infection curve shows cases of zero infection in a week then that area will be declared as the orange zone by the government.
Effects of COVID-19 lockdown phases in India
In order to control the speed of the COVID19that is the coronavirus pandemic, the Indian government decided to impose various lockdown phases. The lockdown phase was started in the third week of March 2020. There were various effects of COVID lower amounts of carbon dioxide and other harmful gases found in air. The temperature dur19 lockdown phases in India. One of the major benefits was improved air quality as the pandemic lockdowns were much more pleasant even in the summer season as it was between 20 to 23 degrees Centigrade. In the winter the temperature was also comfortable due to low carbon emissions in the air. Due to the lockdown, the NO2 level was also reduced in European and Asian countries. In the Indian region, 50% of nitrogen gas was reduced, eliminating a large amount of harmful “pollutants” present in the air. Due to this, the temperature of the Indian region decreased to about 15 degrees Celsius compared to the previous years. Even after the post-lockdown improvement in the environment has also been found as the carbon dioxide rate decreased in the air. There were also various negative effects of COVID-19 lockdown phases in India. India has also experienced a drastic fall in the economy as most of the businesses remain closed for a prolonged time.
Kerala Expert Committee’s recommendations
After evaluating the effects of COVID-19 lockdown phases in India and other countries, the Kerala committee thought of increasing restrictions in the area where the COVID-19 cases and the death rates are high. The comment also decided to withdraw lockdown from the area where the COVID-19 cases and death rates were comparatively lower than before. According to the strategy adopted for the lockdown withdrawal, the Kerala committee suggested the following.
- The district will have a relaxation from April if less it has a record of only one case per week
- The private sector can work with 25% of workers by following all COVID-19 norms
- Every individual must wear masks and use sanitizer while they are outside the house
Conclusion
The strategy adopted for the lockdown withdrawal was developed after evaluating the effects of COVID-19 lockdown phases in India. The government had thought of withdrawing lockdowns in the area where COVID-19 cases and death rates were low. Various restrictions were incorporated during the 3 phases of lockdowns. Schools and colleges in India remained closed for two years when traditional classrooms were shifted to online classes. This has a great impact on the education system and modern minds. Frequent lockdowns also affected the business economic growth of several small and medium enterprises like textile, electronics, cosmetics, and jewellery shops.
