Despite the preventive measures that we have seen including vaccines, countries have started imposing other strict lock downs as covid19 continues to be as serious as possible. In addition to German that has announced a total lock down, India’s richest state, Maharashtra, is considering imposing a strict lockdown this week after recording the highest one day jump in coronavirus infections of any Indian state since last March, officials said on Sunday.

According to Reuters, Maharashtra tightened travel restrictions and imposed night curfews as it reported 40,414 new coronavirus cases only on Sunday, which is approximately equal to two-thirds of the national total, Majority of cases are the densely-populated financial capital Mumbai.

The office of Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray has said that In Sunday’s meeting of the COVID-19 task force, it was suggested that very strict restrictions like lockdown should be imposed immediately.

A senior official in the state government said the lockdown could take effect “in the coming days” as officials had been asked to prepare to implement it in a phased manner. India recorded a total of 62,714 new cases in the space of 24 hours on Sunday, the Health Ministry said the biggest jump since October as well as 312 deaths.

There is also abnormal increase in number of new cases in different states of Kerela, Punjab, Karnataka, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, Haryana and Madhya Pradesh and condition continues to be dangerous in most parts of the country.

“We are seeing a higher COVID positive rate in high-rise residential buildings than in slums … to stop the spread, only essential services will be allowed (at night),” said Mumbai Mayor Kishor Pednekar. Hotels, pubs and shopping malls must observe the curfew.

Maharashtra’s Principal Health Secretary Pradeep Vyas said 107,000 of the state’s 357,000 isolation beds were occupied. In some districts, beds are not available and the capacity of the facility is falling short,” he added in a statement.

But despite the curbs, hundreds of people gathered for a Holi ritual in the city of Ahmedabad in Gujarat on Sunday. The surge in infections in India coincides with multi-stage state elections in West Bengal and Assam, seen as a test of support for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s handling of the pandemic and mass protests over sweeping agriculture reforms.

Only around 40 million people, or less than 4% of the population, have received at least one dose of vaccine so far, according to official data. However, 61 million doses manufactured in India have been sent abroad under grants or commercial arrangements. After widespread criticism, the government said last week it would focus on domestic vaccinations and there would be no immediate expansion of exports.

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References:

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-india/indias-maharashtra-considers-total-lockdown-as-virus-cases-jump-idUSKBN2BK04F

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