The Graded Response Action Plan is a step in the direction and contains Yellow, Amber, Orange, and Red signify different levels in the COVID situation
As the COVID-19 cases are steadily increasing in the National Capital, with Monday witnessing 331 fresh Covid-19 cases, the highest single-day rise after June 6 this year, the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) was put in place on Tuesday.
What is Graded Response Action Plan and how are the levels decided?
The Graded Response Action Plan is a step in the direction and contains Yellow, Amber, Orange, and Red signify different levels in the COVID-19 situation.
The plan is a four-stage, colour-coded alert system in which action will be decided basis the circumstances. The four types of alerts in GRAP will be Level-1 (Yellow), Level-2 (Amber), Level-3 (Orange) and Level-4 (Red).
The alerts - Yellow, Amber, Orange and Red - have been arranged in terms of the severity of the pandemic, taking into consideration factors such as positivity rate, cumulative new positive cases, and average weekly occupancy rate of oxygen beds.
Level-1 (Yellow): This will be applicable when the positivity rate is more than 0.5% for two consecutive days. This means either 1500 new cases in the last 1 week or patients are admitted to 500 oxygen beds in a week. With this alert, shops in markets and malls dealing with non-essential goods and services will be allowed to open between 10 am and 8 pm, as per the odd-even formula.
Level-2 (Amber) - This will be applicable when the positivity rate is more than 1 per cent for two consecutive days, or 3500 new infection cases come within 1 week or patients are admitted to 700 oxygen beds in a week. Shops in malls will witness a further reduction in timings under the 'Amber' alert.
Level-3 (Orange) - This will be applicable when there is more than 2 per cent positivity rate for two consecutive days or 9000 infection cases come within 1 week or if patients are admitted on 1000 oxygen beds in a week. Only essential services, stand-alone shops and construction activities with on-site labourers will be allowed during the 'Orange' alert.
Level-4 (Red) - This will be applicable when there is more than 5 per cent positivity rate for two consecutive days or more than 16000 new infection cases come in a week or if patients are admitted on 3000 oxygen beds. While Red is the highest level of alert in terms of severity, most economic activities will come to a halt with the announcement of an Orange alert. Further restrictions will be planned under the Red alert when the situation arises.
At any level of alert, schools, colleges and educational institutions will remain closed. Religious institutions will open, but devotees will not be allowed to come.
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