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I am confident that we shall prevail. We are fighting this battle on the strength of your courage. Your precautions, patience and blessings are helping me and my colleagues from the State Cabinet fight this battle. It is our strength. Jai Hind, Jai Maharashtra!

I keep reading international news and it is said that India will win this fight not on medication but before a vaccine is found, on the basis of confidence and courage. I believe in this.

We are fighting a tough battle and have managed to slow the spread of the virus. The world is praising the people of Hindustan.

Voluntary groups are helping us. We serve over 1 lakh Shiv Bhojan thalis, and we are feeding 5.5-6 lakh migrant workers thrice daily. I want to specially mention industrialists like Tata, Reliance, Wipro, Mahindra, Birla, Essar, who are helping us in their own way.

We are doing all that we can in terms of experiments, treatment and for not letting the patient count rise.

The Hon’ble PM Narendra Modi ji & HM Amit Shah ji keep in touch telephonically. Our cooperation is good. We have been permitted plasma therapy and the use of BCG vaccine since yesterday.

I understand that you must be bored sitting at home but there is no option at present. We will have a video-conference with Prime Minister Narendra Modi ji tomorrow and I will put forth some proposals before him.

Some industries have been allowed to restart in some districts and we will see to what we can be done after the 30th.

For farmers, we have restarted cotton procurement centres. We are looking at doorstep delivery of fruits and there is no restriction on their transport. There will be no restriction on transport of agricultural commodities.

Patient numbers are fluctuating. But, in areas like Dharavi where cases have come to light, positive cases are increasing in those who came in close contact with other patients. But 70-80% are asymptomatic cases and have been quarantined and are discharged when they test negative

Maharashtra has conducted 1,08,972 tests until a few hours ago, and 1,01,162 samples are negative while 7,628 are positive and unfortunately 323 deaths have occurred.

We are preparing open grounds like Goregaon Exhibition Centre and NSCI in Worli for isolation facilities, in case the number of patients rises. But, the number of containment zones in the hotspots are coming down. The Central team has lauded the handling of the crisis at Worli.

The government will do everything possible to help those who want to start their facilities.

Non-COVID cases are suffering. I will again request the private medical practitioners to resume their practice. Some have started but dialysis centres must start. Those with cancer and cardiac problems need timely treatment. Please reopen your clinics, hospitals.

It is not as if Corona is the end of an individual. There are senior citizens in their 80s and even above, and also few month old infants who have been cured. But, they must report to medical facilities soon. Though Corona has no medicine, adequate precautions are a cure.

They must take care, control their diet, exercise at home, and approach the fever clinic as soon as they show symptoms. Do not ignore symptoms or self-medicate. We have three categories of fever clinics- COVID, non-COVID and Primary.

The concept of Herd Immunity has not been proven, so far. People in the high risk group-with diabetes, cardiac problems, obesity, kidney ailments must be taken care of, as the virus affects them severely.

We are not opening district borders in rural Maharashtra but gradually easing restrictions within districts to allow economic activity to resume. I am receiving daily reports. I will hold a review today evening and decide on further relaxations from 3rd May onwards.

The virus has to be completely destroyed. Its spread has been slowed, but it is a game of patience. The virus wants us to let our guard down. 80% cases are asymptomatic, but the other 20% may have mild, severe or very severe symptoms.