Coronavirus in India: Complete shutdown in Mumbai, malls closed in Delhi

Maharashtra government on Friday ordered complete shutdown in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region as coronavirus cases in the state continue to rise.

Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray: State government has ordered complete shutdown in Mumbai Metropolitan Region, except essential services and public transport. This is not a holiday, avoid crowding. Banks to remain open in the state. #Coronavirus https://t.co/NTC2Lcps9a — ANI (@ANI) March 20, 2020

"In Mumbai Metropolitan Region, Pune, Pimpri-Chinchwad, Nagpur - which have international airports, all shops (other than essentials) and offices to remain closed till March 31, 2020," Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray said.

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Thackeray also urged people to remain at home, adding that banks in the state would remain open. He also said that essential services and public transport in Mumbai would remain unaffected.

All malls, theatres, gymnasiumin the capital city are shut down till March 31.

In view of the prevailing situation, we are closing down all Malls (except grocery, pharmacy and vegtable shops in them) — Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) March 20, 2020

Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal in tweets that all non-essential activities are banned till March 31 and thepeople working in such sectors are advised to work from home."All permanent and contractual employees will be paid for this period," the Delhi CM said.

In a bid to promote 'Janata' (public) curfew as proposed by PM Narendra Modi to encourage social distancing, metro services in Delhi will also be suspendedon March 22.