Thackeray also asked officials to impose fine on men and women who have been flouting the physical distancing recommendations and not wearing masks.
In the wake of the new strain of Coronavirus located in the :United Kingdom, Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray has instructed the Covid-19 job force in the state to study the remedy technique for the Coronavirus infection triggered by the new strain. The government has also imposed the mandatory 14-day institutional quarantine for the passengers arriving in the state from the European continent and Middle East area, the Indian Express reported. The selection comes in addition to the ban on the travel of passengers coming from the United Kingdom in view of the rapid spreading new strain of Coronavirus. The state government seems to have taken the selection of institutional quarantine for passengers travelling from other European nations and the Middle East to circumvent the possibility of the spread of new strain of Covid-19 by an added mile.
In a meeting held with the District Collectors of all the districts in the state, the CM instructed the district administration to stay vigilant of the new strain of Coronavirus and improve the quantity of tests becoming carried out across the state. Thackeray also asked officials to impose fine on men and women who have been flouting the physical distancing recommendations and not wearing masks. In a current action taken by the Maharashtra Police, cricketer Suresh Raina along with a host of celebrities have been arrested for breaking the evening curfew recommendations in a restaurant. Beware of the rapid spread of infection by way of its new strain, the CM asked the district collectors to assure that all the Covid-19 facilities had sufficient provide of oxygen, ventilators and vital medicines. Thackeray also urged the residents of the state to keep away from unnecessary travel and obey the physical distancing recommendations along with evening curfew restrictions.
In line with other states, the state government officials have been also instructed to expedite the approach of identifying the list of overall health workers and frontline workers who are to be vaccinated by the Covid-19 vaccine in the very first phase. Arrangement of the cold storage facility for maintaining and safely transporting the vaccine in distinct components of the state was also discussed by the Chief Minister in the meeting.