Lack Of Oxygen, Hospital Beds To Decide If Maharashtra Needs Lockdown
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Vijay Wadettiwar, the minister for Disaster Management, said the final decision was Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray's but warned a lockdown was "approaching"
Maharashtra will not announce a Covid lockdown as of now, the state's Health Department said Thursday morning, according to news agency ANI.
A lockdown, or a lockdown-like set of restrictions, will be only be considered after the demand for medical oxygen crosses 800 metric tonnes per day, or more than 40 per cent of hospital beds for Covid patients are occupied, the department said.
Last week Vijay Wadettiwar, the minister for Disaster Management, told reporters the final decision would be taken by Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, but said a lockdown was "approaching".
Today the Health Department also said it expected the current surge in Covid cases to peak by mid-February and subside by mid-March.
