Coronavirus in Mumbai: Wear masks in public places or face action, says BMC

Coronavirus in Mumbai: Now, avoiding face mask in public places can put you into big trouble. Yes! In a bid to control the growing cases of COVID-19 in the city, the Mumbai civic body on Wednesday announced that wearing of masks in public places is compulsory.

As part of its measures to avoid the spread of novel coronavirus the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has issued a circular stating that any person/s moving around in public places like streets, hospitals, offices, markets, etc, for whatever reasons must wear a face mask.

BMC Commissioner Praveen Pardeshi said to IANS that the measure was necessitated as studies have revealed that wearing face masks can substantially reduce the spread of coronavirus from and to persons coming in contact with each other, besides other mandatory social distancing measures already implemented.

Which type of Mask?
The masks can be the regular 3-layer masks or cloth masks, either available with pharmacies or home-made which can be washed and reused after disinfecting them.

Issuing a circular, the BMC also warned the citizen if violation of rule done then they can also arrest Criminal under section 188 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) for flouting its order. 

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The civic chief`s strict orders -- with punitive clauses -- came as Mumbai continued to soar highest in the country in terms of maximum Covid-19 deaths (40) and positive cases (686) till today.

(With IANS and PTI inputs)