COVID-19 | No immediate need for lockdown in Maharashtra, says Health Minister Rajesh Tope
The Hindu
Amid dramatic case surge, restrictions on non-essential activities likely in coming days
Amid speculation of a lockdown across Maharashtra in the backdrop of a massive case surge, State Health Minister Rajesh Tope on Wednesday clarified there was no immediate need for imposing a total lockdown in the State while remarking that the immediate challenge facing the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government was to ensure strict implementation of COVID-19 appropriate behaviour.
Mr. Tope was speaking after an emergency review meeting chaired by Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar on Wednesday morning at the Mantralaya in Mumbai which was attended by senior authorities.
“We [the State government] are not going to use the vocabulary of a ‘lockdown’ right now and there is no pressing need of it as well. A lockdown means totally shutting off all activities which we are not going to do. However, the challenge at the moment is to make sure that the restrictions already announced be implemented properly,” said the Health Minister.
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