Aurangabad: The municipal limits of Aurangabad will have almost no restrictions related to Covid without a cap on the number of people attending weddings, regular hours of hotels and restaurants and resumption of public transport among others from Monday.
With the Covid positivity rate of 2.24% and the occupation of oxygen beds of 22.19% by Covid patients, Aurangabad found itself at ‘level 1’ in the government’s latest ‘Break the chain’ order state and is clear of all curbs by the effective management of the Covid so far.
Aurangabad district, excluding municipal boundaries, is placed under “level 3” and will experience some restrictions, including restricted work by commercial establishments and caps on the number of people attending weddings. Rural areas in Aurangabad district reported a 5.46% positivity rate and 20.34% oxygen bed occupancy by Covid patients.
Even though curbs are lifted in Aurangabad, authorities have called on citizens to adopt appropriate Covid (CAB) behavior.
“The brakes are lifted with the hope that citizens will follow the CAB, otherwise the situation will return to square one. Wearing masks, maintaining hand hygiene, respecting social distancing and using electronic payment gateways should be part of our life, ”said Dr Neeta Padalkar, head of health at AMC.
According to official data, Aurangabad district currently has 2,567 active cases, including 460 cases within the municipal boundaries of Aurangabad.
The city’s trader leader Ajay Shah said citizens should not crowd the markets from Monday.
“Unwanted overcrowding may give new impetus to the spread of Covid and we could be faced with another lockdown-like situation. To end this vicious cycle, we as a society need to exercise some discipline in our day to day life, ”said Shah, Vice President of the Confederation of Indian Traders (CAIT).
While industries within the municipal boundaries of Aurangabad have been excluded from any form of curbs, RT-PCR must be performed for staff every two weeks.