Witnessing the rise of COVID-19 cases in Maharashtra, the State Government is reportedly exploring the possibility of sending positive cases to institutional quarantine over the coming days.
On Sunday, Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray led a State Cabinet Meeting where the issue of rising COVID-19 cases was addressed. “At present, Covid patients are being asked to isolate at home. But there are reports that family members of patients are not taking adequate preventive measures, which is resulting in family members getting infected,” a cabinet minister was quoted as saying during the meeting.
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The minister went on to say that social distancing in Mumbai and neighbouring regions remains a challenge. “So, the option of institutional quarantine instead of home isolation may be explored in the coming days depending on the trend of rising positive cases,” he added.
As per sources cited by Indian Express, the state may consider stricter quarantine measures including a partial lockdown across affected areas. However, no decision has been taken as of yet, and it is said that officials will observe the trend of rising cases over a period of 7 days before taking a call on this.
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Another source said that the pace of vaccinations will increase so as to cover a majority of the vulnerable population.
The source also went on to say that measures will be taken by the civic body to ensure adequate social distancing and other measures are being implemented at wedding halls or other mass gatherings.
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