Amid prevalent chaos and uncertainty over access to the essential services and commodities during the lockdown, we bring you the latest updates from your city.
* Update at 11.11am: A 66-year-old Virar man dies of Covid-19, death toll in the region climbs to 7.
*The shutdown of shops and vegetable, fruit and meat markets in Mira-Bhayander has been extended by five days, till April 28.
*Even as nearly 500 people have recovered from coronavirus and gone home in the city, the BMC has found only two donors to donate blood that is needed to administer the plasma therapy to critical patients.
*Mumbai restaurants cook up new ideas to keep pot boiling
The restaurants that have started deliveries are also going the extra mile to keep a skeletal staff in the kitchen, follow social distancing and hygiene practices, wear masks and gloves and regular temperature checks. To reassure customers, they are attaching a note informing them about the chef and delivery agent’s body temperatures along with a set of instructions to follow before consuming the food.
*Update at 8.02am: People make purchases at Byculla vegetable market in Mumbai, reports ANI
*As many as 189 of the 930 containment zones in Mumbai have got off the list for tight lockdown till April 22 after they completed 14 days without a new infection since a Covid-19 case was found. Over 300 pockets still continue in the strictest red zone.
Some of the areas released include buildings on Ridge road in Malabar Hill, Arab Lane, Grant road, Forjett Street, Antop Hill-Wadala, Hiranandani in Powai, IC Colony in Borivli and chawls in Parel, Sewri, Kanamwar Nagar in Vikrohli, and Lalbaug.
*Maharashtra chief minister Uddhav Thackeray and deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar on Thursday urged railway minister Piyush Goyal to provide an adequate number of trains from Mumbai and Pune, once the lockdown is lifted, to take stranded migrants to their hometowns in Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Bihar.
*When seven members of a Khetwadi family, who lost their son last week, tested positive, they had to raise Rs 3.9 lakh to pay deposit for admission in a Vikhroli hospital.
*After a month of lockdown, more questions than answers in Mumbai
In a month since the lockdown against the coronavirus began, cases have soared in the state and Mumbai, raising questions about how effectively the restrictions were implemented.
*BMC races to add 3,000 ICU beds for worst-case scenario
* Update at 11.11am: A 66-year-old Virar man dies of Covid-19, death toll in the region climbs to 7.
*The shutdown of shops and vegetable, fruit and meat markets in Mira-Bhayander has been extended by five days, till April 28.
*Even as nearly 500 people have recovered from coronavirus and gone home in the city, the BMC has found only two donors to donate blood that is needed to administer the plasma therapy to critical patients.
*Mumbai restaurants cook up new ideas to keep pot boiling
The restaurants that have started deliveries are also going the extra mile to keep a skeletal staff in the kitchen, follow social distancing and hygiene practices, wear masks and gloves and regular temperature checks. To reassure customers, they are attaching a note informing them about the chef and delivery agent’s body temperatures along with a set of instructions to follow before consuming the food.
*Update at 8.02am: People make purchases at Byculla vegetable market in Mumbai, reports ANI
*As many as 189 of the 930 containment zones in Mumbai have got off the list for tight lockdown till April 22 after they completed 14 days without a new infection since a Covid-19 case was found. Over 300 pockets still continue in the strictest red zone.
Some of the areas released include buildings on Ridge road in Malabar Hill, Arab Lane, Grant road, Forjett Street, Antop Hill-Wadala, Hiranandani in Powai, IC Colony in Borivli and chawls in Parel, Sewri, Kanamwar Nagar in Vikrohli, and Lalbaug.
*Maharashtra chief minister Uddhav Thackeray and deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar on Thursday urged railway minister Piyush Goyal to provide an adequate number of trains from Mumbai and Pune, once the lockdown is lifted, to take stranded migrants to their hometowns in Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Bihar.
*When seven members of a Khetwadi family, who lost their son last week, tested positive, they had to raise Rs 3.9 lakh to pay deposit for admission in a Vikhroli hospital.
*After a month of lockdown, more questions than answers in Mumbai
In a month since the lockdown against the coronavirus began, cases have soared in the state and Mumbai, raising questions about how effectively the restrictions were implemented.
*BMC races to add 3,000 ICU beds for worst-case scenario
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