Covid-19 situation in Mumbai and across Maharashtra is under control, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) and state government assured the Bombay High Court on Friday.
This came while the court was hearing public interest litigation seeing the judicious distribution of the state's resources to tackle the pandemic. “The state government, as well as the BMC, submit that the situation is 100% under control and that the government is fully geared to meet any eventuality in future with regard to the spread of the omicron variant," said the court bench comprising Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and MS Karnik.
Chief Justice Datta noted that as per experts, the Omicron variant was not as lethal as the Delta variant of the virus but was spreading quicker.
Anil Sakhare, appearing for the BMC, told the court there was a hike in the number of Covid-19 cases in the first week of this month in Mumbai but the numbers were now decreasing. “As of date, there is no pressure on the hospitals and there is sufficient machinery in place.