The development comes as Downing Street said that it is keeping a "very close eye" on the rising number of daily coronavirus cases in the UK, which hit 49,156 on Monday.
Maharashtra lockdown: Health Minister makes BIG statement amid COVID third wave threat, 60 lakh likely to be affected - Minister Rajesh Tope said that he has discussed the issue with his Kerala counterpart Veena George, whose state recorded 31,000 new cases on Thursday.
Five people, including one from Mumbai, have died and as many as 66 people have been found infected with the Delta Plus variant of COVID-19 in Maharashtra so far. Some of them are fully vaccinated, the state health department said on Friday.