'Impractical': Pune Mayor Murlidhar Mohol urges Maharashtra govt to reconsider decision to ban home isolation Twitter/@mohol_murlidhar The Maharashtra government has decided to stop home quarantining of COVID-19 patients in 18 districts where the positivity rate is high and all active patients in these areas would be admitted to COVID Care Centers, Health Minister Rajesh Tope said on Tuesday. Of 36 districts in Maharashtra, Satara, Sindhudurg, Ratnagiri, Osmanabad, Beed, Raigad, Pune, Hingoli, Akola, Amravati, Kolhapur, Thane, Sangli, Gadchiroli, Wardha, Nashik, Ahmednagar and Latur have above-average positivity rates, as per the health department data. Meanwhile, Pune Mayor Murlidhar Mohol said the decision is impractical and urged the government to reconsider it. "The number of patients in Pune city is being curtailed efficiently by the administration. However, the state government today decided to ban home isolation in 18 districts. This decision is not feasible and needs to be reconsidered by the state government," tweeted Mohol.