Activate War Rooms, Night Curfews As Needed, Centre Tells States: 10 Points

The thresholds, the Centre said, are test positivity of 10 percent or more in the last one week or 40 percent occupancy on oxygen supported or ICU beds. States must take “containment measures, curbs even before thresholds are reached”.

New Delhi: Omicron is three times as infectious as Delta and “war rooms” are needed to contain it, the Centre has told states. It listed a series of prevention and containment measures that included extensive testing, night curfew, and regulation of gatherings.