MUMBAI: After three days of high Covid-19 numbers and a missive from the Centre about the near-doubling of cases within a week in six districts, the Maharashtra health department on Friday announced that masks should be worn in all places except open spaces. The rule had been relaxed completely from April 2.
State additional secretary (health) Dr Pradeep Vyas wrote to all district authorities saying "mask in closed public spaces like trains, buses, cinemas, auditoriums, offices, hospitals, colleges, schools is (a) must". Cases and hospitalisations could increase in the coming days, Vyas told TOI.
