Fully vaccinated people will be allowed to board local trains in Mumbai from August 15 , Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray said a...
Fully vaccinated people will be allowed to board local trains in Mumbai from August 15, Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray said at a press briefing on Sunday. Commuters will be allowed on trains 14 days after the second shot of their vaccines.
“We will launch an app [mobile application] where people can update if they have taken both doses and when they took their second dose,” Thackeray said. “Passengers who do not have a smartphone can take photo passes from municipal ward offices in the city as well as suburban railway stations.”
The passes will have a quick response code, or QR code, to prove the authenticity of the vaccination status.
Attention #Mumbai!@CMOMaharashtra has announced that fully #Vaccinated passengers can travel by Mumbai Locals; 14 days gap mandatory after 2nd dose. pic.twitter.com/dt0oOsYUJl
— PIB in Maharashtra 🇮🇳 (@PIBMumbai) August 8, 2021
The chief minister warned that while the state government was allowing some relaxation in Covid-19 norms, they will have to resort to a lockdown again if the number of cases rise. The local train service is currently open to only essential service workers. Regular operations were shut down in April during the second wave of the pandemic.
Earlier on Sunday evening, Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar announced some relaxations in Pune and Pimpri Chinchwad districts, ANI...
