Maharashtra "In Beginning Of 2nd Covid Wave", "Limited Effort" Flagged

Tuesday, 16 March 2021Newsdesk

Maharashtra is "in the beginning of a second wave of Covid", the centre has said in a letter to the Uddhav Thackeray-led government, urging the state to focus on containment strategies. The letter, based on the assessment of a central team, notes the lack of Covid-appropriate behavior and "tracking and testing of cases".

New Delhi, 16 March 2021

As per news report of NDTV, Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan has written to Maharashtra Chief Secretary after the central team's visit last week. "Maharashtra is in the beginning of a second wave of COVID-19 pandemic. There very limited active effort to track, test, isolate cases and quarantine contacts. There is no adherence to COVID appropriate behaviour among people both in rural and urban areas," Mr Bhushan says in sharp observations.

Source -NDTV