BMC points recent COVID pointers for Mumbai, imposes restrictions: Check record

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The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Thursday issued recent pointers for Mumbai amid rising circumstances of COVID-19. According to BMC Commissioner IS Chahal, a constructing will probably be sealed if 5 or extra coronavirus sufferers are noticed on the premises. 

The BMC stated stamps will probably be placed on again of the arms of the sufferers staying in residence quarantine. About 300 marshals will probably be employed to keep watch over individuals touring in native trains with out face masks. Besides, further marshals will probably be employed to eager an eye fixed on violators in Mumbai. 

It stated that marriage ceremony halls, golf equipment and eating places will probably be raised to verify if they’re flouting guidelines. People getting back from Brazil may even must bear obligatory institutional quarantine, the BMC stated. Tests will probably be elevated in areas the place extra sufferers are discovered.

Meanwhile, a one-day lockdown will probably be imposed in Maharashtra’s Amravati on February 21 amid rising coronavirus circumstances within the area. All markets, places of work, outlets will probably be closed apart from the important companies. “Owing to rising cases, lockdown declared in Amravati District from Saturday 8pm to Monday 7 am,” Shelesh Naval, District Collector, Amravati, stated.

On Wednesday, Mumbai recorded 721 recent COVID-19 circumstances, the best single-day spike since January 7. With this, town’s COVID-19 tally mounted to three,15,751. The loss of life toll within the metropolis climbed to 11,426 with three new fatalities.

According to a BMC official, 8,400 individuals — 1,767 healthcare staff and 6,633 frontline staff — had been administered COVID-19 vaccine at 27 centres within the metropolis, taking the whole variety of inoculated individuals to 1,33,349.

Of these 8,400 individuals, 393 had been administered the second dose. With this, the whole variety of those that have been administered the second dose has risen to 676.

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