Drop Raipur from COVID-19 red zone list: C'garh CM to Centre

Raipur, May 1 () Chhattisgarh Chief MinisterBhupesh Baghel on Friday requested Union Health Minister DrHarsh Vardhan to remove the state's Raipur district from thelist of red zones in connection with the coronavirus outbreak,officials here said.

With the second phase of lockdown scheduled to end onMay 3, the Union Health Ministry has listed 130 districtsacross the country in the red zone, 284 in orange zone and 319in green based on COVID-19 cases, the doubling rate, extent oftesting and surveillance feedback.

The classification has to be followed by states andUnion territories for a week from May 3.

Baghel told the Union minister that Raipur had onlyone case, that of an AIIMS nursing officer, and, therefore,must not be placed in the red zone, said a public relationsdepartment official here.

The official said the Central minister promised tolook into the issue.

"The CM has asked Additional Chief Secretary SubratSahoo to provide necessary information on Raipur's COVID-19situation to the Union health secretary," he added.

Chhattisgarh has 43 COVID-19 cases, of which 36 havebeen discharged. TKPBNM BNM