Maharashtra government extends lockdown-like restrictions till June 1

Even as the cases have been declining somewhat in the State in the past few days, the Maharashtra government on Thursday decided to extend its ‘Break the Chain’ restrictions currently in force till Ju

Even as the cases have been declining somewhat in the State in the past few days, the Maharashtra government on Thursday decided to extend its ‘Break the Chain’ restrictions currently in force till June 1. An order issued by Chief Secretary Sitaram Kunte under the Epidemic Diseases Act, 1897 and the Disaster Management Act, 2005 extended all previous curbs that had been imposed under the orders of April 13, 21 and 29 “till 7 a.m. on June 1.” The order mandates that any person entering the State by any mode of transport will have to carry a negative RT-PCR test report which would have to be issued a maximum 48 hours before his entry into Maharashtra. “The restrictions on persons arriving from places of ‘sensitive origins’ as per orders dated April 18 and May 1 will be applicable to anyone arriving from any part of the country into the State,” states the directive.