‘Operation SHIELD’

Context: Recently, The Delhi government will carry out ‘Operation SHIELD’ at 21 locations identified as containment zones in the capital.
About Operation SHIELD

• S-Sealing of the immediate area after geographical marking, H-Home quarantine of all in the area, I-Isolation and tracing of people who have been first and second contacts, E-Essential supplies delivered at the doorstep, L-Local sanitisation and disinfection and D-Door-to-door checking, so that people having symptoms of the novel coronavirus infection are isolated, and testing can be done after taking samples.
• The operation involves sealing, identifying and quarantining people, doorstep delivery of essential items and door-to-door checking of people.

Other Initiative
The Delhi government has also developed the ‘Home Quarantine App’ to monitor the realtime location of quarantined individuals and is in the process of developing the ‘Containment Survey App’ to keep an eye on those residing in over two dozen COVID-19hostspots or containment zones across the Capital.