Lockdown will be imposed in Mumbai if daily COVID-19 cases go past 20,000: Mayor
The Hindu
Kishori Pednekar said the BMC will carry out RT-PCR tests of people returning from Goa by a cruise ship and quarantine them at civic centres, or in hotels if they are ready to pay for it
Mumbai Mayor Kishori Pednekar on Tuesday said if the daily COVID-19 cases here cross the 20,000-mark, a lockdown will be imposed in the city as per the Union government's rules.
Talking to reporters at her office in the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) headquarters, Ms Pednekar suggested that citizens wear triple-layer masks while travelling in public buses and local trains.
She also appealed to them to get vaccinated at the earliest and follow all COVID-19-related standard operating procedures (SOPs).
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