On April 9, 2020, the Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal announced Operation Shield in the containment zones of National Capital Region. SHIELD stands for Sealing, Home quarantine, isolation and tracing, essential supply, local sanitation and door to door checks.
Key Features :
The Operation is to be implemented in 21 containment zones of the capital. The operation is to be implemented in the following ways:
1]The area or surroundings of all the 21 zones
are to be sealed
2]People living in these zones are to be home
quarantined
3]The first and second contacts of the people
are to be traced and isolated
4]The Government has assured essential supply
of commodities
5]The areas are to be sanitized by local
authorities
6]Door-to-door health checks are to be
conducted in these areas.
Other initiatives :
The Delhi Government had also launched 5T plan
that is being implemented all over Delhi. The 5Ts
include Testing, tracing, Treatment, teamwork and
tracking.