: Covid-19: Festivals can be celebrated later, need to prioritise health, says Uddhav Thackeray #IndiaNEWS Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Monday urged political parties to stop agitations,

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Covid-19: Festivals can be celebrated later, need to prioritise health, says Uddhav Thackeray #IndiaNEWS
Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Monday urged political parties to stop agitations, meetings and other programmes in order to control the spread of Covid-19, PTI reported. He also stressed upon the need of avoiding gatherings during festivals.“We can celebrate festivals later, let us prioritise the lives and health of our citizens,� Thackeray said in a statement. “The situation can go out of hand in view of the spike in daily cases.�Thackeray’s statement came as some parts of Maharashtra have been seeing a steady rise in fresh Covid-19 cases over the last few days. Mumbai has reported over 400 cases for the past five days. The city registered 495 cases on Sunday.The positivity rate in Maharashtra has increased from 2.41% on August 28 to 2.69% on September 3, according to the Hindustan Times.“Who would like to impose restrictions on festivals and religious programmes?� the chief minister said on Monday. “But people’s lives are important.�Thackeray said that the third wave of Covid-19 was “at our doorsteps�, adding that the onus was on political parties to ensure that the pandemic situation did not go out of control, according to PTI. The chief minister also referred to the rise in coronavirus cases in Kerala since the Onam festival last month.“Kerala is seeing...Read more

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