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Six criteria for lifting lockdown

​WHO lists six points
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​WHO lists six points
As the coronavirus spreads rapidly across the globe, a number of countries, including India, have initiated country-wide lockdowns to contain its spread. The lockdowns have affected citizens physically, mentally, and financially. In order to help nations understand how lockdowns can be lifted, the World Health Organization has listed six points.
​Transmission
Agencies
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​Transmission
The WHO guidelines states that when the disease transmission is under control.
​Detection
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​Detection
Health systems are able to "detect, test, isolate and treat every case and trace every contact".
​Hotspots
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​Hotspots
Hot spot risks are minimized in vulnerable places, such as nursing homes.
​Prevention
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​Prevention
Schools, workplaces and other essential places have established preventive measures.
​Management
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​Management
The risk of importing new cases "can be managed".
​A new normal
PTI
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​A new normal
Communities are fully educated, engaged and empowered to live under a new normal.
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