Maharashtra Night Curfew: Night curfew among 11 pm to 6 am will be clamped in all municipal corporations of Maharashtra from December 22, 2020, to January 5, 2021, the Maharashtra government announced on Monday as issues rose more than the emergence of a new coronavirus strain in the United Kingdom.
Also, the state government has decided that passengers arriving in Maharashtra from the nations worst-hit by COVID-19 in Europe and West Asia will be place in institutional quarantine for 14 days. Passengers coming to Maharashtra from other nations will be property quarantined, the Maharashtra government order added.
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As per the state government these measures are becoming taken to counter the spread of Covid-19 even as news of a new coronavirus strain spreading in the United Kingdom has led to worry amongst individuals and administrators.
The official statement released by the Maharashtra government states that Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray held a meeting in the light of the Coronavirus circumstance in the UK. In the meeting it was decided that a evening curfew will be imposed in municipal corporation regions among 11 and 6 am from December 22 to January 5 as a precautionary measure.
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Maharashtra reported 2,234 new COVID-19 circumstances on Monday, taking the tally of total Covid-19 circumstances in state to 18,99,352. The total death toll rose to 48,801 with 55 deaths recorded, the state wellness division mentioned.
India and many European nations, like France, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, Austria and Italy banned flights from the UK as the British government issued a warning with regards to a potent new strain of the Coronavirus that was “out of control”. The British government has imposed stringent keep-at-property lockdown measure from Sunday thereby virtually cancelling Christmas festivities and New Year celebrations across the isles.
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The Union Health Ministry on Monday referred to as an urgent meeting of its Joint Monitoring Group to talk about this new Coronavirus strain which has led to a surge in the infection price in the UK. Post this meeting Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan mentioned that the government is totally alert and there is no need to have to panic.