The Maharashtra government issued an order on Monday directing cinema halls/hotels/restaurants to follow COVID-related rules. With the surge in COVID 19 cases, the state Government has issued new guidelines and said that if cinema halls/hotels/restaurants are found violating, they will remain closed for a period until the COVID-19 pandemic stays notified as a disaster by Central government.
Maharashtra has reported as many as 15,051 fresh COVID-19 cases pushing the total number of cases to 23,29,464.
The state government on Thursday decided to impose a lockdown in Nagpur district from March 15 to 21 due to a surge in COVID-19 cases in the state.
The Maharashtra government issued new guidelines for cinemas halls and hotels to operate at 50 per cent capacity, banned social/political/religious gatherings, capped 50 people allowed for weddings and 20 for funerals and capped all offices except health & essential at 50 per cent capacity, advising work from home.