New Delhi: Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Monday urged political parties to immediately call off protests, meetings and other events that gather crowds as the state witnessed a slight rise in the daily number of COVID-19 cases. has been
“We may celebrate the festival later. Let us give priority to the life and health of our citizens. The situation may get out of hand in view of the spike in daily cases,” Thackeray said in a statement.
“Who would want to ban festivals and religious programs? But people’s lives are important,” he said.
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The Chief Minister said that the upcoming festive period would be important and challenging. He said the onus is on the political parties to ensure that things do not go out of control.
Raising the alarm over a possible third wave, Uddhav Thackeray further said that “the third wave of COVID-19 is at our doorstep”.
“Kerala is increasing by 30,000 cases daily. This is a danger sign and if we don’t take it seriously, Maharashtra will have to pay a heavy price,” he said.
The chief minister’s warning comes as over 400 new COVID-19 cases are being reported in Mumbai every day for the past few days.
Mumbai reported 495 cases on Sunday, the highest since July 15 (528) with two deaths.
Maharashtra reported 4,057 coronavirus cases, the health department said on Sunday, taking the state’s infection tally to 64,86,174, while the death toll of 67 patients took the toll to 1,37,774.
In an earlier petition, CM Uddhav Thackeray, without naming the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS), said: “Don’t agitate for the reopening of temples, but do it due to COVID-19.” against”, ANI reported.
During an interaction with doctors and task force members from across Maharashtra on Sunday, Thackeray cautioned that “there was an increase in COVID-19 cases after festivals last year. I would request everyone to avoid crowding”. I am … wearing a face mask is important even after vaccination”.
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