Weekend curfew likely in Delhi

With the daily Covid cases rising, Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) is looking at the possibilities of implementing a weekend curfew, according to ANI.

Reports mentioned that DDMA held a meeting on Tuesday under the chairmanship of Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal. At the meeting, the current COVID-19 situation and the increasing Omicron cases were reviewed.

The active cases in the city have gone to 10,986 and the cumulative tally of the COVID-19 cases now stands at 14,58,220.

The Disaster Management Association had ordered educational institutions, cinemas and gyms to down their shutters with immediate effect, last week and put various restrictions on the functioning of shops and public transport as a yellow alert was sounded under the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP), the news agency reported.

As of now, night curfew has also been imposed from 10 pm (earlier 11 pm) to 5 am in the national capital.