No lockdown in Maharashtra- Why?

According to sources, there are. Restrictions that have been imposed, but lock down hasn’t been taken into consideration yet, the reason being that half of the hospital beds are empty, despite the hike in the number of COVID cases.

As far as the restrictions are concerned, places like spas and beauty parlors have been told to operate at a 50% capacity, with those 50% of people being fully vaccinated.

Along with this, five or more number of people cannot gather between 5am to 11 pm, and there should be no roaming around after 11 pm without any essential reasons.

Differently said, there should be no gatherings during the entire day and going out after 11 pm should be avoided as much as possible. Schools and other educational institutions will remain closed until February 15, as informed earlier.

Shopping malls, restaurants and cinema halls can function from 8 am to 10 pm with 50% capacity of fully vaccinated people. Only fully vaccinated people will be allowed to use local trains, as these are the super spreaders.

The Chief Minister has also said that the aim is not to bring a standstill to work, but to contain crowding, therefore, lock down is not being taken into consideration.

As far as health infrastructure is concerned, it has also been informed that there is no burden on the health infrastructure as the patients infected with the Omicron Variant mostly don’t need hospitalizations.

60 per cent of hospital beds are empty and the Health Minister also says that the state Govt. is fully prepared to handle a surge in the number of COVID-19 cases.

Updated by Urvi Ramchandani