Keypoints:
- Those travelling in public transports including taxis and rickshaws will have to wear masks or they will be penalised.
- In November 2020, the Delhi Government told the Delhi High Court that “any person” moving around in his personal or official vehicle must wear masks compulsorily.
On January 17, Sunday, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) delivered fresh directions to its clean up marshals and asked them not to fine commuters without wearing face masks inside private vehicles. However, the ones travelling in auto rickshaws, local trains will have to continue wearing face masks or else they will be fined for not wearing masks.
This move comes after several passengers reportedly complained after getting fined by the clean up marshals of the civic body for not wearing masks in their private vehicles.
The State Health Department, on Saturday, denied reports that it has paused the vaccination drive for the virus for two days due to a glitch in the Co-Win app.Moreover, the health authorities clarified that no such drive was planned on January 17-18 and they will continue from the next week as per the Central government’s guidelines.Meanwhile, according to reports, the BMC had earlier stated that the COVID-19 vaccination drive was temporarily suspended till January 18 due to technical glitches in the Co-WIN App.
The application happens to be a real-time online platform developed by the Union Health Ministry that provides information about the drive.On the other hand, on Saturday, January 16, Maharashtra recorded 2,910 people tested positive for the novel coronavirus taking the state’s COVID-19 tally to 19,87,678. At present, there are 51,965 active cases in the state. With 3039 COVID-19 patients discharged in the day, the number of recovered soared to 18,84,127.
