The Maharashtra government has extended the lockdown till July 31 as the number of coronavirus cases in the state are increasing with each passing day. The extension has come in an effort to control the numbers from rising any further.
The state issued fresh guidelines with the name 'Mission Begin Again' and the government said that movement for non-essential services will continue to remain restricted within the city of Mumbai.?
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A statement by the government read, 'It is further directed that the movement of persons for the purposes of non-essential activities like shopping and the outdoor exercises, shall be restricted within the neighbourhood area limits with all necessary prescribed mandatory precautions of wearing masks, social distancing and personal hygiene'.
The government added that only those who have to attend offices and have emergencies to take care of will be allowed unrestricted movement; everyone else needs to stay at home.
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The statement read: 'It is also directed that unrestricted movement will be permitted only for attending place of work and bonafide humanitarian requirement including medical reason'.
For things that will be allowed to operate during this time are: All essential shops, e-commerce activity for essential and non-essential goods, all industrial units and home delivery of food.
Timings for essential and non-essential shops, except for malls and market complexes, will be 9 am to 5 pm.
"All Government offices (excluding Emergency, health and Medical, treasuries, disaster management, police, NIC, food and Civil Supply, FCI, NYK, Municipal Services) to function with 15% strength or 15 persons - whichever is higher," it said.
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Ever since the news of the lockdown being extended broke out, #LockdownExtension started trending on Twitter, and people shared a few jokes about the same.?
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