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The coronavirus hot spots in Maharashtra are likely to see an extension in the shutdown, which is scheduled to end on May 17.
“We cannot rule out the possibility of a prolonged blockade at this stage, but it is too early to comment on, as there are still 10 days to overcome the current blockade,” the ANI news agency quoted an official of the chief minister as saying. Uddhav Thackeray. office as saying.
Maharashtra is the most affected state, accounting for nearly a third of all Covid-19 cases in the country, and the number is approaching the 18,000 mark on Friday, according to the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
Mumbai and Pune are the most affected areas with cases from both cities approaching 15,000.
Maharashtra Prime Minister Uddhav Thackeray called an all-party meeting with state leaders on Thursday and continued one-day meetings with senior government officials in the state to assess the growing numbers in these cases.
High-ranking leaders who crossed party lines, such as BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis, Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, Maharashtra Chief Navnirman Sena (MNS) Raj Thackeray, attended the meeting.
Others who participated in the videoconference were the president of Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi, Prakash Ambedkar, the head of the Peasant and Workers Party Jayant Patil, the leader of Bahujan Vikas Aghadi, Hitendra Thakur, the leader of AIMIM, Imtiyaz Jaleel, the leader of the PCI-M, Ashok Dhawale, the head of the Republican Peoples Party Jogendra Kawade. , Party chief Rashtriya Samaj, Mahadev Jankar, RPRI leader Rajendra Gavai, party leader Jansurajya Shakti, Vinay Kore and others.
Thackeray, however, expressed confidence that the coronavirus pandemic in the state will be reduced later this month. He said at the meeting that the Union government was cooperating with the state and that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was readily available for discussion and guidance.
Opposition leaders who attended the meeting said they were with the government during this crisis, according to the CMO statement.
A core team met with Thackeray on Thursday and suggested that more people be placed in institutional quarantine.
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