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Lockdown in Maha to be lifted in stepwise manner
The Free Press Journal | 16/08/2020 07:45 PM | Click to read full article
Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray has said the process of lifting the lockdown in the state would be done in a stepwise manner. The threat of COVID-19 persists, he said and added that he does not want a second wave of the deadly viral infection in the state.
The Maharashtra government last month extended the lockdown in the state till August 31. Till Saturday, the state reported 5,84,754 COVID-19 cases.