Maha may impose lockdown if cases keep rising: Health minister
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Pune:23.03.2021
Maharashtra health minister Rajesh Tope on Monday urged the public to follow Covid-19 safety protocols if the state is to avoid another lockdown.
Chief minister Uddhav Thackeray was of the view that lockdown may become necessary in some cities if new cases continue to climb, Tope told reporters. At the same time, he also defended the state’s response to rising cases and pointed out that in terms of cases per million population, many states have fared worse. “He told me that if the number of daily cases in the state remains in the range of 25,000 to 30,000 for the next some days, then we will have to take some stringent steps. He is of the opinion that if the numbers continue to increase, we will have to impose lockdown in some cities,” the minister said.
He has discussed the latest surge in cases with epidemiologists, the health minister said. “According to their estimate, the graph of Covid-19 cases will remain the same for the next two to three days and after that, it will decline. I think this is a peak and I hope it will go down," said Tope.
The minister said CM Thackeray favoured a lockdown in a few cities if cases continued to rise
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