The Maharashtra government has decided to further restrict the movement of people in the wake of rising COVID-19 cases in the state as in the rest of the country, most of which are the Omicron variant.
Total cases in India surged by over 1.4 lakh in the last 24 hours. Out of these, 41,434 cases were from Maharashtra alone.
On January 8, the government led by Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray said that the assembly of five people or more will not be allowed even during the day i.e. from 5 a.m to 11 p.m.
The night curfew has been further tightened to disallow people from stepping out of the home after 11 p.m except those delivering essential services.
Not more than 50 people are allowed at weddings and other social gatherings, and not more than 20 at funerals and for last rites.
Shopping malls must allow fully-vaccinated people up to 50% of their capacity and put up a display of the total number of customers inside. Similar restrictions apply for restaurants, and movie theatres as well.
Schools and colleges will remain shut till February 15 and other public spaces like gyms, swimming pools, and beauty salons will remain shut and the government did not specify a reopening date for the latter set of services.
All competitive exams, both at the level of the state and the Centre, where the dates have been announced will take place as scheduled.
Hair cutting saloons can operate with 50% capacity and all the people working in such shops must be fully vaccinated.
No city or district level sporting events are allowed to take place. National and international sporting events will continue as per schedule.
Entertainment parks, zoos, museums, forts and other ticketed places will be closed.
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