The Delhi government will be imposing a weekend curfew in the state starting from this week due to rising Covid-19 cases. Weekend curfew will remain in place from Friday night to Monday morning. Government officials, barring essential services, will now have to work from home
Private offices will remain open with 50% capacity
Delhi Metro trains and public transport buses will function with full capacity, but masks will be compulsory
Essential services, including supply of food items and medicines, will continue undisturbed. Cinemas, gyms are shut. Shops have been allowed on an odd-even basis.
“Cases of Omicron variant have been rapidly rising. Delhi has reported around 11,000 positive cases in the past 8-10 days, of which around 350 patients are in hospital, only 124 patients need oxygen and 7 are on a ventilator”, Deputy CM Manish Sisodia informed.
According to the DDMA-approved Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP), a positivity rate of more than five per cent for two consecutive days is one of the criteria to declare a ‘red alert’ which means a ‘total curfew’ and halting of most economic activities in the capital.
“As per genome sequencing reports of December 30-31 from three labs, 81 per cent samples were infected with Omicron. Most of the cases are of Omicron,” Delhi Health Minister Satyender Jain said.
