Plan for third wave of pandemic: Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray to district officials
Mumbai,
Apr
29:
Maharashtra
Chief
Minister
Uddhav
Thackeray
on
Thursday
asked
district
officials
to
make
plans
for
new
oxygen
plants
and
stocking
of
medicines
in
view
of
the
threat
of
a
third
COVID-19
wave.
The
chief
minister
spoke
to
district
collectors,
divisional
commissioners
and
municipal
commissioners
virtually
to
take
a
stock
of
the
pandemic
situation,
said
an
official
release.
Due to the recently introduced restrictions, the daily spike in cases has stabilised, but the administration has to be very careful and plan for the possibility of a third wave, he said.
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"To stop a third wave, vaccination needs to be expedited. Even though we have announced free vaccination for the age group of 18 to 44, supply needs to be planned," he said.
Permission has been given for setting up oxygen plants and the district administration needs to ensure that adequate oxygen stock is available in near future, Thackeray said.
There should be a registry of migrant labourers and when they return from their home states, they should be tested and quarantined if needed, the chief minister said.