Unlock 2.0: What’s Allowed, What’s Not; Mumbai Police’s 2 Km Diktat As Cases Rise In Maharashtra

Centre on June 29 issued fresh guidelines for the next stage of unlocking. The new guidelines will come into effect from July 1 and will be applicable till the end of the month. Lockdown will continue in containment zones until July 31. The government restricted movement of individuals from 10 pm to 5 am. The guidelines added that not more than five people would be allowed in a shop. Schools, colleges, educational and coaching institutions will remain closed till 31 July. 2020. lnternational air travel of passengers, except as permitted by MHA. Metro Rail, Cinema halls, gymnasiums, swimming pools, entertainment parks, theatres, bars, auditoriums, assembly halls and similar places. Social/ political/ sports/ entertainment/academic/ cultural/ religious functions and other large congregations. Maharashtra, the worst affected state in the country has extended the coronavirus lockdown till July 31 amid a steady growth in the COVID-19 numbers in the state. Issuing fresh guidelines for what it called 'Mission Begin Again', the government said that movement for non-essential activities will be restricted within the neighbourhoods in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region. Mumbai Police on June 28 said that no non-essential movement of people will be allowed outside the radius of 2 km from their houses. The number of cases in Maharashtra has reached 1,69,883 with 7,610 deaths. A huge spike of 18,522 new coronavirus patients was recorded in the last 24 hours, taking India's tally to 5,66,840 cases. The death toll has reached 16,893 of which 418 deaths were reported in the last 24 hours.

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