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Mumbai: Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Friday (April 30) said that there is no need for a more strict lockdown in the state as people are following the restrictions. There is no need for a more strict lockdown in the state, people are following the restrictions. We have been to contain the spread of COVID-19 due to restrictions and lockdown. Our estimate was that there might be 10 lakh positive active patients, but now it is 7 lakh cases, Thackeray said at a press conference.
He also reviewed the progress made on the package announced for countering COVID-19 and stressed the need to deal with the third wave of the pandemic. The economy of the state should not halt. So I have held meetings with industrialists, representatives of labour unions and taken their inputs about how to tackle the third wave of COVID-19, he said.
CM urges Centre to raise vaccine supplies
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Inoculation drive will begin today as per availability of doses, says Uddhav
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Inoculation drive will begin today as per availability of doses, says Uddhav
Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Friday urged the Central government to increase vaccine supplies as the State has received only three lakh doses with just hours left to begin the drive to inoculate all citizens in the 18-44 age group.
He also informed that the inoculation drive will start from Saturday ‘as per the availability’ of vaccine doses.
In a televised address on the eve of the State’s Foundation Day, Mr. Thackeray said, “Maharashtra has the capacity to vaccinate each and every person, but the problem is shortage of vaccine supply. Today, we received three lakh vaccine doses and will be receiving 18 lakh more in May. I again urge the Central government to increase vaccine supplies to the State in order to move ahead wit
Uddhav defends curbs in Maharashtra; state to undertake genome sequencing amid vaccine shortage
In a televised address on the eve of the state s foundation day, he said the vaccination drive for those in the 18-44 age group will start from Saturday.
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People wearing face shields and masks as a precaution against the coronavirus as they wait to receive COVID-19 vaccine in Mumbai. (Photo | AP) By PTI
MUMBAI: Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Saturday demanded that every state be allowed to developits own app for the registration of people for COVID- 19 vaccination.
He also defended the existing lockdown-like restrictions in Maharashtra, saying in their absence, active cases would have touched 10 lakh.
Maha CM continuously requesting Centre to declare COVID-19 a national calamity : Raut ANI | Updated: Apr 29, 2021 14:34 IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], April 29 (ANI): Shiv Sena leaderSanjay Raut on Thursday said that Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray has been continuously requesting the central government to declare COVID-19 pandemic a national calamity .
Addressing reporters in Mumbai, the Shiv Sena leader said: Supreme Court has said that it (COVID-19 pandemic) is a national calamity and the Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray has been continuously requesting the central government to declare it as a national calamity.
The Shiv Sena MP also said that people are terrified of whatever is happening across the country.