India’s financial capital is shutting down all its offices.
Maharashtra chief minister Uddhav Thackeray on Friday March 20,2020 ordered that all
workplaces in Mumbai, and in the greater Mumbai Metropolitan Region as
well as in Pune, Nagpur and Pimpri Chinchwad will remain closed till
March 31 to rein in the spread of novel coronavirus.
The chief minister, beefing up precautionary measures, also announced the mandatory closure of all shops till the end of the month. Only essential services, including medical stores, grocery and milk stores, as well as banks, will be allowed to stay open
While all private companies have been told to let employees work from home, government offices in the state will function with 25 per cent staff strength.
“We have now decided that only 25 per cent government staff will work. Except essential goods, please close down all other shops. We are shutting down all offices, shops till March 31. All those who feel that work from home is not possible, we have to forcibly shut them. We are left with no alternative. It is essential to stay at home for living. For us, the health givers are fighting a brutal war,” he said.
Maharashtra has reported the highest number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the country at 52 so far, including one death. Five of the patients have been cured.
The chief minister, beefing up precautionary measures, also announced the mandatory closure of all shops till the end of the month. Only essential services, including medical stores, grocery and milk stores, as well as banks, will be allowed to stay open
While all private companies have been told to let employees work from home, government offices in the state will function with 25 per cent staff strength.
“We have now decided that only 25 per cent government staff will work. Except essential goods, please close down all other shops. We are shutting down all offices, shops till March 31. All those who feel that work from home is not possible, we have to forcibly shut them. We are left with no alternative. It is essential to stay at home for living. For us, the health givers are fighting a brutal war,” he said.
Maharashtra has reported the highest number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the country at 52 so far, including one death. Five of the patients have been cured.
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