Mumbai Municipal Commissioner Pravin Pardeshi on Friday announced the closure of public spaces, schools and other non-essential establishme...
Mumbai Municipal Commissioner Pravin Pardeshi on Friday announced the closure of public spaces, schools and other non-essential establishments, and announced measures to regulate overcrowding in hospitals, as the state confronts an escalating coronavirus crisis, PTI reported. Maharashtra has recorded the highest number of COVID-19 cases in the country so far, with 52 people testing positive for the virus so far.
Making preparations for health contingencies arising from the pandemic, the municipal corporation chief issued orders to impose traffic restrictions and restrict vehicular movement around Mumbai’s three quarantine centres – the Kasturba Hospital, KEM Hospital and the Seven Hills Hospital.
In order to reduce congestion in major hospitals, all patients whose condition is stable and who are not in need of tertiary care, will either be discharged or shifted to other peripheral hospitals. All patients admitted for “elective surgery” shall be discharged, the order added.
Hospital authorities have also been directed to ensure that a distance of one metre is maintained between all hospital beds. No sharing of beds will be permitted, the commissioner’s order said.
All schools, as well as public spaces such as cinema halls, malls, gyms, swimming pools, pubs and amusement parks have been shut down indefinitely. The corporation has also banned...
