Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal had last week announced reopening of markets, malls and Delhi Metro services among other relaxations, saying more activities would be allowed if the Covid situation continued to improve in the city.
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After U-turn now comes an official order on the unlock strategy in the state. The Maharashtra government in the late-night order on Friday has announced a five-step unlock plan under the BreakTheChain order from Monday.
Under the new guidelines, the stateâs districts will be divided into five levels based on weekly positivity rate and oxygen bed occupancies. The state government said that districts in Level 1 will have minimum restrictions, while lockdown-like curbs will be imposed in districts falling in the Level 5 category
Pune city was on Saturday placed in category 3 of the Maharashtra government s five level plan to ease COVID-19 restrictions from June 7 based on the weekly positivity rate and the occupancy of oxygen beds, officials said.
As per data on Thursday, Mumbai is at Level 3 while 9 of 11 districts in Vidarbha, including Nagpur, fit the criteria for a complete unlocking beginni.