West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday (January 7) rebuked her brother for moving around, despite his wife testing positive for the disease. “I am very very offended and have asked him not to leave the house from tomorrow,” the Chief Mnister said.
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Banerjee, who was speaking to reporters in the virtual mode at the secretariat, said that all the important officers of her government, including city police commissioner Vineet Kumar Goyal, deputy commissioner of police (South) Akash Magharia are suffering from coronavirus. Her brother’s wife too has tested positive for the disease.
Urging people to abide by COVID-19 protocol and restrictions imposed by the state government, Banerjee cautioned that the administration will opt for stricter norms if the rise in the pandemic is not controlled. “The next 15 days will be very crucial. Take proper care of yourself as well as that of your near and dear ones. Try to use gloves, cover your head using a cap and maintain hygiene after returning home. Only then can we save ourselves,” she said. The CM added, “We have imposed restrictions taking into account people’s lives and livelihood. But if we see that despite all these restrictions the pandemic is still rising, we may opt in for stricter restrictions”.
She asked the administration to make RT-PCR tests mandatory at the inter-state borders and directed the police to take stricter measures to handle those who are not following the COVID-19 protocol.
