Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold a video conference with chief ministers of states and Union Territories on Monday afternoon to review the status of India’s progress in containing coronavirus while gradually restarting economic activities in a phased manner. The meeting will also be attended by home minister Amit Shah, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman, health minister Dr Harsh Vardhan along with senior officials including the home and health secretaries.
Cabinet secretary Rajeev Gauba held a meeting with the chief secretaries and the health secretaries of all states on Sunday to review the status of Covid-19 management. He had also held two meetings on Saturday to identify areas for reopening after May 17- when the third phase of lockdown ends. The meeting also discussed the situation arising out of a sharp rise in positive cases in a few pockets.
Some officials familiar with the context of the meeting said more concessions were likely to be introduced but the number of Covid-19 hotspots and containment zones is unlikely to change.
The government had classified all 773 districts in the country into three zones- Red, Orange and Green, to indicate the level of economic activity and restrictions in place in each of these districts.
Total number of coronavirus cases in India has climbed to 62,939 as on Sunday while 2,109 people have died so far.
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