Mumbai: Mumbai is now witnessing a downfall in daily covid cases. Amid this, the city’s civic body, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has decided to ease curbs on outdoor activities and unlock the city by the end of this month.
News Agency ANI has quoted Mumbai Mayor Kishori Pednekar as “There is good news for Mumbaikars. Mumbai will be unlocked by the end of this month. We have made up our minds.”
Further, she adds a cautionary note and urges people not to let the guard down and prevent another spike in cases. “It is essential for the people to wear masks and observe social distancing,” she said.
This comes after the city’s case counts dropped. Earlier during the pandemic’s third wave over the past one month, the city had witnessed a huge spike in cases. In yesterday’s bulletin, the city has recorded over 356 cases. Before that, the city had recorded daily case counts of 536 and 643 over the bulletins issued on Sunday and Saturday, respectively.
The Mumbai civic body’s move to ease Covid restrictions comes after the Maharashtra government relaxed curbs in 11 districts where cases had dropped.
The city has already eased a lot of curbs, on outdoor activities and opened up beaches, gardens, and parks. The spas and salons were permitted to work with 50 % criteria. The night curfew had been lifted and restaurants were allowed to operate at 50% capacity. The civic body had also allowed amusement parks and swimming pools to open at 50% capacity.
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