Maharashtra Covid Curbs: What’s Allowed, What’s Not

Maharashtra imposed more restrictions, including a state-wide curfew, as rising Covid-19 cases put its health infrastructure under pressure.

Maharashtra has over 5.9 lakh active cases. It has reported more than 50,000 new cases for eight consecutive days. Mumbai alone reported 7,898 new cases, Thackeray said in an address to the state. “We had managed to get control over the Covid situation by December. But now, the battle against Covid has started again.”

Maharashtra is seeing a shortage of medical oxygen, hospital beds and the demand for Remdesivir has also increased, Thackeray said.

Thackeray said despite continuously upgrading health infrastructure, the state is under pressure. He said he will write to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, requesting him to provide Indian Air Force assistance for the supply of oxygen from nearby states.

The full order by the state government can be accessed here.

Watch | Uddhav Thackeray addresses the state amid rising cases.