{"id":122793,"date":"2021-03-11T19:40:54","date_gmt":"2021-03-11T14:10:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/?p=122793"},"modified":"2021-03-12T12:27:57","modified_gmt":"2021-03-12T06:57:57","slug":"centre-says-dont-take-virus-for-granted-worried-about-maharashtra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/india-news\/centre-says-dont-take-virus-for-granted-worried-about-maharashtra\/","title":{"rendered":"Centre says don’t take virus for granted, worried about Maharashtra"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The NITI Aayog member Dr V.K. Paul on Thursday said the Centre is very worried about the upsurge in coronavirus cases in Maharashtra. It also said that the virus cannot be taken for granted if the country has to remain Covid-free. Dr Paul said they learned that there is a strict lockdown being imposed in Nagpur. So, the government is reaching a situation where those approaches are being brought back, he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The government is very worried about Maharashtra. This is a serious matter. This has two lessons – don’t take the virus for granted, and if the country has to remain Covid-free, then, it needs to follow Covid-appropriate behaviour, he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The comments come a day after the Uddhav Thackeray government announced a week-long lockdown from March 15 to March 21 in Nagpur, which reported over 1800 cases in 24 hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Union Health Ministry today said that eight of the ten cities with the highest number of cases belong to Maharashtra. These cities include Nagpur, Thane, Mumbai, Amravati, Jalgaon, Nashik, Aurangabad and Pune. Maharashtra is the worst-hit state in the country and has 60 percent of the country’s single-day total.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray has warned that more districts may face lockdown. The CM said some areas of the state will witness strict lockdown measures to control the spread of the coronavirus infection. Before coming out with the lockdown measures, the government will hold talks with officials to successfully implement the measures, he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The government is taking measures like testing of close contacts, fast contact-tracing, mass testing in hot-spots and audit of deaths to curb the spread of the virus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the present day, Maharashtra has more than 1 lakh active coronavirus cases. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"