lockdown in Maharashtra if situation doesn't come in control
Since the beginning of the pandemic, Maharashtra has been dealing with an incessant increase with Covid cases. On Friday, Maharashtra's CM, Uddhav Thackrey has warned that a tough decision may be taken if the covid-19 situation will not be in control. He said that " Today I am warning about complete lockdown but not announcing it. I will speak to experts and political leaders in the next two days. If there is no other option to a lockdown, we will have to accept it."
According to the public address which was streamed live over social media, Thackrey warned and said that "If the number of cases continued to rise at this current rate, the state would fall short of medical personnel even if health infrastructure could be expanded" adding that he said that, the restrictions have to be imposed to control the situation and prevent crowding. He also announced that" even if the condition in Maharashtra is alarming, we are putting the truth before the people, he further added,'"I love my Maharashtra and its people and he is ready to be labelled as a 'villain' for the people's safety in Maharashtra".
The total number of cases in the state now stands at 29.04 lakh out of which 3.89 lakh are active cases. Since 15th march these active cases have just tripled in number, earlier it was around 1.3 lakh.Yesterday Mumbai recorded 8,884 which is the highest number of covid 19 cases since the pandemic.
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