Mumbai, 31st December: A patient infected with the Omicron variant of Corona has died in Pimpri-Chinchwad, Maharashtra. This is the first death due to Omicron variant in the state.
A 52-year-old man from Nigeria was being treated at Yashwantrao Hospital in Pimpri-Chinchwad. After his death on December 28, his samples were sent to the National Institute of Virology (NIV).
The NIV has confirmed that the man died of Omicron late on Thursday. In view of the increasing number of infected people of Corona and Omicron variants in the state, the state government has decided to implement strict restrictions. The restrictions will be in place indefinitely from Friday night.
On Thursday, 198 new infections of Omicron and 5368 of Corona were found in the state. Concern has been expressed by the government over the increasing number of infected in Mumbai, Thane and Pune.
Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray held a special meeting with the officials of the task force in this matter and had a deep discussion. Health Minister Rajesh Tope, Chief Secretary Devashish Chakraborty, Chief Adviser to Chief Minister Sitaram Kunthe, Mumbai Police Commissioner Hemant Nagrale, Mumbai Municipal Corporation Commissioner Iqbal Singh Chahal, Task Force’s Dr Sanjay Oak, Dr Shashank Joshi, etc. were present in this meeting.
The meeting lasted till late night and after that the state government has issued strict restrictions along with new rules.
Under this rule, no more than 50 people will be allowed to be present in any political, social and cultural program. This restriction will be applicable in both the hall and the open space. Also, only 20 people will be allowed to go to the cremation ground for the last rites. All Chowpatties have been banned. Also, seeing the situation in the area, the right to relax these restrictions or impose more strict restrictions has been delegated to the local authority.
In the meeting, the violation of 50 percent permission in hotels, crowding in local trains and schools and colleges were also discussed. At present, no decision has been taken to ban these services. At present, no restrictions have been imposed on malls, cinema halls, public transport, religious places, but orders have been given to the administration to stop crowding in public places.
