MUMBAI: Hours before the scheduled end of the third phase of the nationwide lockdown, Maharashtra announced extending the restrictions till 31 May as the state continues to report huge increases in the number of covid-19 cases.
In its fourth phase, however, the lockdown may see a calibrated relaxations. "The State of Maharashtra is threatened with the spread of covid-19 virus and therefore to take certain emergency measures to prevent and contain the spread of the virus...it is expedient to extend the lockdown in the entire state of Maharashtra further till midnight of 31 May 202," Ajoy Mehta, chief secretary, government of Maharashtra, said in an order.