Lockdown In Delhi From Tonight Till 25th April

Arvind Kejriwal has imposed lockdown in the national capital. It will be a complete curfew for 1 week starting from tonight to next Monday morning amid a record rise in cases that has severely strained the city's resources and health infrastructure.

According to sources, there will be no effect on work, where all private departments will work from home and only government offices and essential services will be open. Earlier, National Capital recorded the biggest jump in its daily Covid data with 25,462 fresh cases and a positivity rate of nearly 30 per cent, which means almost every third sample being tested in the city, is turning out positive.

A weekend curfew was observed in Delhi for 2 days " to break the chain of transmission" but continuing violations in parts of the city signaled that harsher steps were needed during the tough time of pandemic. 

The decision was taken when Chief Minister  Arvind Kejriwal met with Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal this morning. He addressed that all public places were shut such as auditoriums, restaurants, malls, gyms and spas. Meanwhile movie theatres are allowed only with a thirty of their capacity. All social, religious or political gatherings were banned. This initiative was taken to stop the spread of viruses among people.

Mr Kejriwal said in a virtual address that “The situation is very serious and worrisome. Cases have gone up really fast. That is why we are facing shortages even though everything seemed under control until a few days ago. But the speed at which this corona is growing, no one knows where its peak will be," on Friday.