The alarming price of spread of Coronavirus observed in Mumbai and other components of the state in the previous couple of days had led several to think that a further lockdown of the capital city is on the anvil. However, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), according to a report by , is not thinking of imposing a lockdown at this stage and would rather rely on two-pronged strategy of elevated testing and strict implementation of wearing face masks in public spaces to bring the quantity of circumstances down.
Additional municipal commissioner Suresh Kakani was quoted as saying that a further lockdown in the monetary capital was not an alternative and the BMC had instructed all hospitals to stay ready for the surge in the quantity of patients in the coming days with an elevated quantity of beds, oxygen cylinders, medicines etcetera.
At present out of the 11,968 beds in the city’s private and government hospitals, about 9,000 stay vacant due to the constant drop in the quantity of new circumstances in the previous couple of months. In addition to these isolated beds, the NESCO jumbo facility and BKC jumbo facility also have about 4,000 vacant beds prepared at their disposal.
Kakani also stated that the BMC was earlier pondering of permitting private hospitals to lower their Covid-19 isolation beds on the other hand with the current jump in the quantity of circumstances the BMC has place all private hospitals at standby. The senior BMC official also stated that the 80:20 price principle continues to be in spot in all private hospitals. According to the 80:20 principle, the private hospitals are mandated to charge 80 % of their Covid-19 patients at government prices and the remaining according to their private charges.
The worry of a further lockdown in Mumbai had elevated due to the current surge in the quantity of Coronavirus circumstances, with the city recording a total of 897 new circumstances on Saturday. So far, the death price has not jumped and only 3 deaths had been reported on Saturday in the city. However, specialists have cautioned that the enhance in the quantity of deaths will be reflected in the coming days due to the sudden jump in new circumstances.
Dr. Subhash Salunkhe, an advisor to the state government on its Coronavirus technique, was quoted as saying that the government really should enhance up the vaccination drive for persons aged 50 and above and these suffering from really serious comorbidities. Salunkhe additional stated that it was beyond his comprehension as to why the central government was delaying the expansion of vaccination drive due to a glitch in its Coronavirus vaccination IT platform Co-WIN.