On Monday, January 17, Maharashtra cabinet minister, Aaditya Thackeray virtually inaugurated two oxygen bottling plants at Mahul and Mahalaxmi Racecourse in Mumbai, to fight the COVID-19 pandemic.
Thackeray took to Twitter to state, "Digitally inaugurated @mybmc Oxygen Bottling Plants at Mahul and Mahalakshmi Race Course to fortify our medical system to battle the surge in COVID cases in the city."
Digitally inaugurated @mybmc Oxygen Bottling Plants at Mahul and Mahalakshmi Race Course to fortify our medical system to battle the surge in COVID cases in the city.
— Aaditya Thackeray (@AUThackeray) January 17, 2022
According to reports, Additional Municipal Commissioner, Suresh Kakani elaborated on how the third wave of coronavirus has reached its peak in Mumbai and now, cases have begun to stabilize. However, he added that the authorities will continue to closely monitor the COVID-19 situation in the city over the next week.
Moreover, it has been reported that the civic body has increased testing and tracing for the early diagnosis of cases, remarked Kakani. He elucidated that they will have to wait and watch the situation since the next week is important. Presently, he said the cases are declining which is a good sign. He further added that the city's vaccination status was the best owing to which many patients are recovering in three to four days.
In other developments, state Health Minister Rajesh Tope on Sunday, January 16, stated that a decision on reopening of schools in the state will be considered after the next 10-15 days.
Also Read: BMC Issues Guidelines To Monitor COVID-19 Home Testing
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