Maharashtra Govt extends Lockdown Restriction till January 31

NEW DELHI: The total number of infected persons has increased to 19,25,066 with 3,018 new cases of corona virus in Maharashtra. In view of this, the Uddhav Thackeray-led government has extended lockdown restrictions in the state till 31 January 2021 to prevent the spread of Covid-19.

Lockdown extended in January 2020:

A circular in this regard has been issued on 29 December. The circular states, 'There is a danger of spreading covid-19 virus in the state. Therefore, the lockdown in the state has been extended till 31 January, by adopting some emergency measures to prevent the spread of the virus.

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The circular states that the activities which have already been allowed will continue. The government has relaxed several lockdown restrictions in the last few months. Last month, the government allowed the reopening of places of worship. Schools have also reopened for students from 9th to 12th in some parts of the state.

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The government has extended the lockdown restrictions at a time when three passengers from the UK have arrived in Mumbai after 25 December. All three are vulnerable to corona virus. It is believed that they may be infected with new strains of Covid-19. At the same time, the number of UK variant strains infected in India has increased to 20.

The most cases of new corona strains have been found in Delhi. 8 out of 14 samples of new strains have been found in Delhi's NCDC lab. At the same time, the number of infected people in the Nimhans Lab of Bangalore is seven. Each case of Corona's new form has been found in labs in Kolkata and Pune. Two new cases have been registered at CCMB Hyderabad. In addition, a sample positive has been found at the Delhi-based Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology.

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