- Saturday, April 20, 2024
By: Shubham Ghosh
WITH Covid-19 cases going up fast in the western Indian state of Maharashtra and its capital Mumbai, the Maximum City’s mayor on Tuesday (4) said if the daily cases cross 20,000-mark, lockdown will be imposed in the city.
“We will have to impose lockdown in Mumbai if daily COVID cases cross the 20,000-mark,” Kishori Pednekar said.
She said all schools in the city have been shut due to the spike in Covid-19 cases and the students have shifted to online classes.
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“Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray has himself cancelled the programmes of Shiv Sena. This effort is going on so that the lives of our citizens should not be in danger,” Pednekar, who belongs to the Sena, said.
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The mayor also urged people to follow Covid-appropriate rules.
“People should not crowd and should follow the rules. No one wants lockdown but for that, people should follow the rules,” Pednekar said.
The civic body of Mumbai – Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation – on Monday (3) issued fresh guidelines for sealing off buildings in Mumbai wherein the entire building or a wing shall be sealed off if more than 20 per cent of the occupied number of flats in the building or wing has Covid-19 patients.
Maharashtra reported 12,160 fresh Covid-19 cases and 11 deaths in the last 24 hours, the state’s health department on Monday.
