AP Government Announces 97 Mandals As Red Zone For COVID-19 Spread

The Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party (YSRCP) said out of 676 zones, 97 are declared red zones for the spread of the Novel Coronavirus.

District collectors were asked to take action according to the guidelines issued by the Central Government regarding the lockdown in the containment clusters.

According to the Central Government, any red zone area should be under strict observance and follow all the rules issued for the lockdown. After a 14 days observation, If red zones register 0 cases of the Novel Coronavirus, the area would be declared as the orange zone. If no positive case for Coronavirus would be registered for another 14 days, which is 28 days, the area would be declared as Green Zone.

Majority of mandals declared red zones are in Kurnool district.

Details of Red Zone Zones in Andhra Pradesh

Kurnool District (17 red zones): Kurnool (Urban,) Nandalala, Banaganapalli Rural, Panayam Rural, Atmakur (Urban,) Nandikotkur (Urban,) Kodumuru, Shirivella, Chagalamarri, Bethamcherla, Gadigamula, Guduru (Urban,) Oruvakaluku, Oduva Kaalukku Uyyalawada and Yemmiganur (Urban.)

Nellore District (14): Nellore (Urban,) Naidupet (Urban,) Wakadu, Tada, Allur, Indukurpet, Balaayapalle, Bogolu, Buchi Reddy Palayam, Gudur (Urban,) Kavali (Urban,) Kovur, Ojillo and Thotapalli.

Guntur District (12): Guntur (Urban,) Narasaraopeta, Macherla (Urban,) Achampeta Rural, Mangalagiri (Urban,) Ponnur (Urban,) Chebrolu, Dachepalli, Karampudi, Krosur, Medikonduru and Tadepalli.

Prakasam District (9): Ongolu (Urban,) Sirala (Urban,) Karanchedu, Kandukur (Urban,) Gudalur, Kanigiri (Urban,) Corisapadu, Markapuram (Urban) and Podili.

West Godavari District (9): Eluru (Urban,) Penugonda Rural, Bhimavaram (Urban,) Tadepalligudem (Urban,) Akiwedu, Bhimdolu, Undi, Kovvuru (Urban) and Narasapuram (Urban.)

East Godavari District (8): Shankavaram Rural, Hospital, Kakinada Rural, Pithapuram (Urban,) Rajahmundry (Urban,) Adivadigala, Peddapuram (Urban) and RajaMahendravaram Rural.

Chittoor District (8): Srikalahasti (Urban,) Tirupati (Urban,) Nagari (Urban,) Palamaneru, Renigunta, Nindra, Vadamkalpeta and Arupadu.

Kadapa District (7): Proddatur (Urban,) Kadapa (Urban,) Badwelu (Urban,) Pulivendula (Urban,) Maiduguri (Urban,) Vemballe and Erraguntla (Urban.)

Krishna District (5): Vijayawada (Urban) Penamaluru Rural, Jaggayyapet (Urban,) Nuziveedu (Urban) and Machilipatnam (Urban.)

Anantapur District (5): Hindupur (Urban,) Anantapur (Urban,) Kalyandurg, Puthiyacheru and Settur.

Visakhapatnam District (3): Visakhapatnam (Urban,) Padmanabham and Narsipatnam (Urban.)