No lockdown in Telangana now as TPR is well below 10 percent: Director of Public Health Centre's

HYDERABAD: Citing Union government guidelines, the State Health Department on Thursday made it clear that this was not the time to go for a lockdown even as the number of COVID-19 cases continues to climb. director of Public Health Dr. G Srinivas Rao cited the Centre's guidelines and said that unless the Test Positivity Rate does not cross 10 percent, strict lockdown measures need not be enforced. On Wednesday, the state's TPR was 3.57 percent. There are measures other than lockdown that can work well in this stage of the pandemic, provided all follow them. We have a thin line to balance when it comes to lives and livelihoods and a blanket lockdown will impact the livelihoods of many," said Dr. Rao.

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