Maharashtra Lockdown to Continue But with Relaxations | Lockdown News | TheNationAt5 | CNN News18

Rajesh Tope, Maharashtra Health Ministry on relaxations over lockdown in the state.

The Maharashtra government on Tuesday decided that home isolation will not be allowed henceforth in 18 districts that are in the Covid-19 red zone. The district administrations have been directed to increase the number of covid care centres in these districts. The decision was taken after a meeting of the state government and district authorities.

In short, if you test positive and are asymptomatic or mildly symptomatic, you won’t be allowed home isolation anymore.

The list includes: Pune, Satara, Solapur, Mumbai city, Mumbai suburbs, Thane, Sindhudurg, Raigad, Aurangabad, Osmanabad, Beed, Hingoli, Latur, Nanded, Amravati, Akola, Dhule and Nagpur.

However, hours after the announcement, BMC commissioner in a u-turn told CNN-News18 that home isolation for covid patients will be allowed in Mumbai. The civic body removed the term “mandatory" in its latest direction on home isolation in the listed red zone districts and said, “emphasis should be given on institutional isolation, particularly in rural areas, to reduce the spread of covid."

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