Amid rising concerns over new COVID-19 variant ‘Omicron’, Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray is set to hold a COVID-19 review meeting with all Divisional Commissioners and Collectors on Sunday (November 28). Sources claimed that the Maharashtra government may announce some lockdown-like measures to combat the spread of new variant. It is to be noted that Omicron was first detected in South Africa and is now slowly spreading to different parts of the world. The meeting was attended by senior officials from different departments including police, airport, superintendents of major civic hospitals, executive health officers and members of state COVID-19 task force. Maharashtra recorded 889 new coronavirus cases on Saturday and 17 people lost their lives due to the fatal virus.

Source: dna November 28, 2021 14:35 UTC