Maharashtra Omicron surge, CM Uddhav Thackeray imposed lockdown guidelines

Maharashtra Omicron the Maharashtra government is likely to announce a fresh set of COVID-19 restrictions today in the wake of rising number of Omicron cases. On late Thursday night, Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray chaired a review meeting with the members of the state COVID-19 task force regarding the same.

During the meeting, they discussed ways to avoid crowding during the Christmas and New Year celebrations, weddings and parties at hotels and restaurants. Later, the Chief Minister’s Uddhav Thackeray Office (CMO) said the guidelines will be issued on Friday.

The statement said the meeting also discussed the restrictions imposed in other states and the spike in COVID-19 in USA and Europe. Meanwhile, Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Commissioner, in a fresh order on Thursday said that anyone found violating the state government’s guidelines on COVID-19 will be booked under Section 188 of IPC.

Meanwhile, India recorded 122 cases of the Omicron variant of coronavirus in a span of 24 hours, the highest so far, pushing its tally in the country to 358, 114 of which have either recovered or migrated, according to Union Health Ministry data updated on Friday.

Maharashtra has recorded the highest number of cases, followed by Delhi with 67, Telangana 38, Tamil Nadu 34, Karnataka 31 and Gujarat 30. In the wake of rising cases of Omicron variant of coronavirus, the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai on Friday issued fresh guidelines for international travellers arriving from Dubai at Mumbai airport.

In an order dated December 24, all passengers arriving from the UAE and who are residents of Mumbai will have to undergo seven days home quarantine upon arrival in the city.

BMC issued fresh guidelines for travellers on boarding the flight from Dubai and arriving in Mumbai:

1. All international passengers on boarding the flight from Dubai and who are residents of Mumbai will compulsorily undergo 7 days of home quarantine after arriving in Mumbai.

2. There shall be no need to do RT-PCR on arrival.

3. Travellers residing in other parts of Maharashtra other than Mumbai will be transferred by collector who shall arrange transport for such travellers. These travellers will not be allowed to take public transport.

4. Travellers who have connecting flights to other States or other parts of Maharashtra will be allowed to take the connecting Hight, however, it is the responsibility of the Airport Authority to inform the respective Airport Officer regarding the travellers arriving from Dubai.

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5. All the travellers arriving from Dubai and who are residents of Mumbai will be in home quarantine and will be followed by the Ward War Room for 7 days. On the 7th day, RT-PCR will be done. If the test is negative, the traveller will self-monitor for further 7 days If the test is positive, they will be shifted to institutional quarantine as per the current guidelines for international travellers.