Chattisgarh, its Raipur district authorities on Wednesday declared the whole district as Covid-19 containment zone from 6pm on 9th April till 6 am on 19th April."All the borders of the district will remain sealed during this period," said Raipur district collector S Bharathi Dasan.The order comes a day after Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan on Tuesday expressed huge concerns for Chhattisgarh's deteriorating Covid-19 situations over the past few weeks.Vardhan today held a high-level meeting with health ministers of 11 states that have been witnessing a surge in cases to review the situation there.
After the meeting, he highlighted that the worst affected state is Chhattisgarh with a positivity rate of 14% and growth rate of 8%.