Covid Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP)

Subject – Governance

Context – Yellow alert issued in Delhi

Concept –

As per the plan, the restrictions will be based on three parameters–positivity rate, cumulative active cases and oxygen beds in the hospitals.
The restrictions will come under Yellow, Amber, Orange and Red alerts.
Yellow would be the lowest level of restriction while Red would be the highest.
Under Red, the entire city will come under a complete lockdown.
As for Orange alert, most of the economic activities and social gatherings/activities and public transport facilities will come to halt.

Alert	Conditions
Yellow alert	The Yellow alert will come into force if the positivity rate remains over 0.5 per cent for two days straight, or say the cumulative fresh cases touches 1,500 or average occupancy of oxygen beds in hospitals remains 500 for a week.
Amber alert	With the Amber alert, the city enters the next phase of restrictions if the test positivity rate remains over 1 per cent for two consecutive days, or the city witnesses 3,500 new cases in a week, or average oxygen bed occupancy remains over 700 over the course of a week.
Orange alert	Stricter restrictions will come in place as orange alert kicks in. The orange alert comes in when the city records 9,000 cases over a week’s time or the average occupancy of oxygen hospital beds remains 1,000 for seven consecutive days.
Red alert	If the test positivity rate crosses 5 per cent for two consecutive days, or the city records 16,000 new cases in a week, a red alert will kick in. This will also happen if average occupancy of oxygen beds in hospitals remains 3,000 or above over a week.