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  • Covid-19 second wave: 15-day lockdown possible in Maharashtra, from April 12

    As Maharashtra noticed the primary day of a weekend lockdown after 5 days of daytime restrictions and night time curfews, Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray Saturday indicated that the state authorities would possible impose an extended lockdown of as much as 15 days to interrupt the chain of an infection, beginning Monday, April 12.
    At a gathering of representatives from the ruling three-party Maha Vikas Aghadi, and the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party, he sought the cooperation of all events for any determination that the state will take on this regard. Thackeray was assured help by all these current, together with former Chief Minister and chief of opposition Devendra Fadnavis.
    Fadnavis demanded that the federal government spell out an in depth plan to allay the fears of individuals about job losses and livelihood points throughout the lockdown.

    “As an opposition party, we are willing to lend our support to the government and reach out to all constituents affected by lockdown. But at the same time, while explaining the reasons for extreme measures, we have to give them some options to reconcile with the challenges. The economic concerns cannot be dismissed,” he mentioned on the assembly.
    Maharashtra on Saturday recorded 55,411 recent Covid-19 circumstances with 9,330 circumstances in Mumbai. Both the state and metropolis have seen a marginal drop in recent infections resulting from restrictions launched in public motion over the week. The energetic caseload within the state is 5.36 lakh. Deaths have risen since March with 309 fatalities on Saturday alone. Since the final 4 days, Maharashtra has recorded over 300 Covid-19 deaths.
    In Mumbai, Fadnavis mentioned his get together was not not in opposition to Covid-19 restrictions. “But the government will have to provide an alternative to various sectors. There is massive unrest amongst the people as it relates to their livelihood and business concerns which cannot be ignored.”
    Nawab Malik, NCP minister, mentioned all events have agreed that if there was a necessity for a whole lockdown or strict restrictions, then such steps needs to be taken. Congress minister Ashok Chavan mentioned, “Thackeray is preparing a roadmap on how the complete lockdown should be imposed. The restrictions can be revoked gradually if the number of cases starts reducing.”

    Mumbai streets remained abandoned on the primary day of weekend lockdown imposed throughout Maharashtra to curb the rising covid-19 circumstances.
    Nana Patole, state Congress President, mentioned the state mustn’t impose a lockdown like final yr. “We have told the CM not to impose lockdown like last year as that caused huge hardships to people,” he mentioned.
    Government sources mentioned the well being division officers proposed a 15 day-lockdown within the assembly. The precise period — 15 days or till April finish — is more likely to be introduced on Sunday after Thackeray’s assembly with the state Covid process drive. An entire lockdown might come into impact Monday night, mentioned sources.
    “Some strict restrictions will have to be imposed for some time to stop the Covid cycle. The number of patients is increasing so fast that if we do not take a decision about lockdown today, a lockdown like situation will automatically arise tomorrow,” mentioned Thackeray within the assembly, which was attended by senior ministers from Sena, NCP, Congress, and leaders from the opposition Devendra Fadnavis, Pravin Darekar and others.

    Weekend lockdown noticed in Pune. (Express Photo/Pavan Khengre)Vaccinations dipped from over 4 lakh to 2.72 lakh on Friday as a number of centres within the state remained shut resulting from vaccine scarcity. In Mumbai, 33,551 folks acquired immunised on Friday which additional dropped to 21,094 on Saturday as solely authorities centres functioned.
    Private vaccination centres will stay shut in Mumbai till Monday resulting from scarcity in vaccine provide. On Saturday, the NESCO centre noticed an extended queue for vaccines, whereas BKC jumbo centre recorded only a few recipients within the first half.
    Civic officers mentioned weekend lockdown might have discouraged many from stepping out.
    An extended lockdown might not resemble the robust lockdowns of final yr, if the weekend lockdown is any indication. Several classes of important staff have been allowed to step out of their properties for work. Restaurants had been allowed house deliveries. Public and personal transport remained operational regardless that there have been few takers. “Similarly, it will continue to remain operational even if a complete lockdown is imposed,” mentioned an official.
    Another official mentioned one view that emerged from the assembly was that the lockdown needs to be in impact till discount in circumstances is reported for 5 steady days. “What if the cases continue to rise even after 15 days of complete lockdown. It is difficult to have a deadline for this, so it was argued that the lockdown should continue until cases drop for five continuous days,” mentioned the official.

    The Chief Minister mentioned the federal government could be aware of the financial affect of the lockdown on the poor. “The government will certainly consider this. But it is very important to first prevent the rapidly increasing infection and rising cases,” he mentioned.
    Officials mentioned an “inclusive plan” could be ready to offer aid to the poor and every day wagers. “While it will be a strict and complete lockdown to break the chain, an attempt will be made to figure out a middle path in reducing the cases and to reduce its impact on the economy,” mentioned the official.

    The Chief Minister additionally mentioned the strategies made by the chief of the Opposition would even be taken critically. The authorities would take motion on Fadnavis’s strategies on making certain availability of remdesivir, instruction to the laboratories for early experiences of checks, and cautious planning to make oxygen out there, he mentioned.
    “I urge all party leaders to extend support to whatever decision is taken by the government keeping the health of the people in mind,” Thackeray mentioned.
    Over the previous few days, a whole bunch of migrant staff, who sensed an extended lockdown within the offing as quickly because the restrictions had been introduced, have boarded trains and left for his or her villages in Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal and Bihar. Both Western and Central railways have elevated the variety of trains to locations in North India.
    Among those that attended the assembly, Fadnavis, Pravin Darekar and state president Chandrakant Patil represented the BJP, minister Eknath Shinde attended from Sena, Ajit Pawar, Jayant Patil, Dilip Walse Patil and Nawab Malik from NCP, and Ashok Chavan, Amit Deshmukh and Balasaheb Thorat and state president Nana Patole from Congress.
    (With inputs from Shubhangi Khapre and Tabassum Barnagarwala in Mumbai)

  • Weekend lockdowns don’t work, Centre informed Maharashtra

    ON SUNDAY, Maharashtra imposed full lockdown on weekends and contemporary restrictions to final by April, however simply two days earlier than, it stored silent about any such plans throughout the high-level assessment assembly chaired by the Cabinet Secretary on Friday.
    Senior authorities officers informed The Indian Express that the silence was in all probability defined by the truth that not like within the preliminary part, the Centre had made it clear to Maharashtra virtually two weeks again that weekend lockdowns have restricted affect on containing and suppressing the chain of transmission.
    “The Chief Secretary, Maharashtra, received the largest chunk of time during the Cabinet Secretary meeting. However, no one discussed any imposition of a weekend lockdown,” a high authorities supply who was a part of the high-level assembly stated.
    In truth, on March 15, when Maharashtra had reported 16,620 instances, accounting for 63.21 per cent of the day by day new instances within the nation, Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan had written to Chief Secretary Sitaram Kunte, declaring that the state’s focus must be on strict and efficient containment, not the imposition of a lockdown.

    “Measures such as night curfews, weekend lockdowns, have very limited impact on containing/ suppressing the transmission. Hence the district administration should focus on strict and effective containment strategy,” Bhushan wrote.
    On Monday, India reported an all-time excessive of 1,03,558 new instances in a single day. “Eight states including Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh and Punjab have shown a steep rise in the Covid daily new cases. 81.90% of the new cases are reported from these 8 states,” the well being ministry stated.
    Police personnel partrols after public areas had been closed to curb the unfold of coronavirus, at Dadar in Mumbai, Monday. (PTI)
    On Thursday, April 8, the Prime Minister is scheduled to carry a gathering with the Chief Ministers on the Covid-19 state of affairs. On the premise of the PM’s route on Sunday, the Centre has already constituted 50 high-level multi-disciplinary public well being groups and deployed them to 50 districts throughout Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh and Punjab.
    Maharashtra continues to report the best day by day new instances. On Monday, it accounted for 55.11 p.c of the instances within the nation.

    Senior officers within the Maharashtra authorities stated the choice on weekend lockdown was taken attributable to non-compliance by folks of Covid-19 behaviour. “The rationale to impose the lockdown was after an assessment made by the public health department. The biggest issue was that the people had become indifferent to the idea of Covid-19 appropriate behaviour, despite the increase in the number of daily active cases,” a senior official stated.
    State officers stated projections that the the well being programs can be overwhelmed by April 17 additionally prompted the lockdown resolution. “Looking at the number, we made a projection about the infrastructure and at what stage the health systems would be overwhelmed. That projection was made on two sets of parameters: number of beds and requirement of oxygen. Our experts projected that if this rise continues, in terms of beds, the system will be overwhelmed by April 17,” a supply stated.
    Sources additionally stated that oxygen consumption was more likely to attain saturation ranges as a result of surge. “As of now, for around 25,000 people, our oxygen consumption for supporting breathing is about 650 metric tonne per day. We have an installed capacity of 1,200 metric tonne, out of which we produce around 1,050 metric tonne everyday. The projection showed that it could go beyond the installed capacity,” the supply stated.
    Significantly, on March 15, itself the Centre had flagged to Maharashtra that “the health infrastructure though adequate as of now, the state should plan for a worst-case scenario with sufficient lead time”.
    In its assembly on Friday, the Centre reiterated to the states that the aim of a lockdown was to reinforce infrastructure, and to not break the chain of transmission. “Lockdown does not solve any problem. The reason to impose a lockdown in the initial phase was that we needed that time to create that infrastructure. We didn’t have enough domestic PPE capacity, there was a lack of oxygen bed capacity; these capacities were created during the lockdown. Lockdown gives you a breather in which you need to put certain things in place. Those things are now already put in place,” a supply stated.

    Arguing for a strict containment technique, the Centre, had particularly, identified to Maharashtra that its containment zones have to be “better defined” based mostly on contact itemizing, digital mapping of instances, and contacts; it had additionally informed the state to delineate the buffer zones. “The perimeter management must be strictly enforced. For every containment zone, the fast response groups ought to develop an operational plan.
    On March 30, the Centre once more emphasised to all states, together with Maharashtra, that the surveillance groups must be skilled and retrained once more, and requested them to assessment the formation of containment zones each day. The states have been particularly informed to assessment the instances coming from inside the containment zone and people from exterior. “A higher number of cases outside the containment zone will mean that the containment zone has to be bigger to ensure total containment of transmission,” Bhushan wrote to the states.
    The Centre additionally flagged that in clusters, “simply quarantining individuals or families will not help”. “In that case, larger containment zones with clear boundaries and stringent controls must be implemented,” it has informed the states.

    In the Friday assembly, one other vital facet of Covid-19 acceptable behaviour was highlighted to Maharashtra. Sources stated it was highlighted that regardless of a surge in instances, the fines imposed by the authorities had drastically lowered, indicating the shortage of strict enforcement of Covid-19 acceptable behaviour by the federal government.
    “During the meeting, it was pointed out that in all of those 11 states which are a matter of serious concern, except Delhi and Karnataka, enforcement and fine, related Covid-19 violations, have gone down month after month. We told these states that the enforcement action is not commensurate and that there was no strict enforcement of Covid-19 appropriate behaviour,” a supply stated.

  • Maharashtra data 15,602 new coronavirus instances, 88 deaths

    Image Source : PTI Maharashtra data 15,602 new coronavirus instances, 88 deaths 
    Maharashtra recorded as many as 15,602 coronavirus instances on Saturday, taking the tally of infections within the state to 22,97,793, the loss of life toll elevated to 52,811 with 88 new fatalities.
    As many as 7,467 sufferers had been discharged from hospitals, taking the variety of recovered sufferers to 21,25,211. The variety of energetic instances stands at 1,18,525.

    Maharashtra’s restoration charge of COVID-19 instances is 92.49 per cent, whereas the fatality charge is 2.3 per cent.
    Currently, 5,70,695 persons are in residence quarantine and 5,031 are in institutional quarantine.
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  • Maharashtra information 6,971 coronavirus instances, tally surges to 21 lakh

    Image Source : PTI Maharashtra information 6,971 coronavirus instances, tally surges to 21 lakh
    Maharashtra on Sunday reported greater than 6,000 new COVID-19 instances for the third day in a row. According to official information, the state recorded 6,971 constructive instances in final the 24 hours. While the caseload elevated to 21,00,884, the demise toll elevated to 51,788 with 35 new fatalities.

    As many as 2,417 sufferers have been discharged, rising the tally of recoveries to 19,94,947. The variety of lively instances stands at 52,956.

    In view of the rising coronavirus instances, the Uddhav Thackeray-led authorities has determined to impose restrictions throughout the state, notably areas reporting most infections.

    In a presser late Sunday night, the chief minister introduced a complete prohibition on political, non secular, and social gatherings within the state from Monday. He mentioned that political agitations is not going to be allowed for the subsequent few days as they entice crowds.

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    The state authorities has additionally introduced a complete lockdown within the Amravati district for one week. Earlier, the district administration had introduced a weekend lockdown in Amravati, from 8 pm on Saturday to 7 am on Monday. However, now it stands prolonged. 

    Announcing the choice, Guardian Minister Yashomati Thakur mentioned the lockdown will stay in drive in the complete Amravati district, excluding Achalpur metropolis. Meanwhile, important providers might be permitted throughout this era. 

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