Delhi Government has imposed restriction on New Year Celebration Eve (NYC).
No public gatherings will be allowed in Delhi tonight and tomorrow from 11 PM and 6 AM as the state government has announced a night curfew to restrict New Year celebrations. The centre had asked the states to consider stricter restrictions in view of New Year celebrations due to 20 cases of new mutant covid strain.
The official statement of Delhi Disaster Management Authority stated that "celebratory events, congregations and gatherings at public places shall be permitted from 11 pm of December 31 to 6 am of January 1 and 11 pm of January 1 and 6 am of January 2,". Traffic movement however will not be restricted
On Monday the Home Ministry had asked the states to ensure strict vigil to check the spread of third covid wave. The Ministry in a letter stated that "The number of Covid 19 active cases is declining steadily in the country for the last three-and-half months. Keeping in view the fresh surge of Covid-19 cases in Europe and America, there is still a need for maintaining comprehensive precaution and strict surveillance within our country,".
On Tuesday, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal had said that the city is prepared to deal with the new mutant strain of coronavirus, amidst worldwide restrictions. CM also added in his statement "At one point, 8,500 corona cases were coming to Delhi every day, which was the highest in the world. But the Delhi people controlled the corona," .
The national capital has so far logged over 6.24 lakh infections. Across India, the tally has surged to 1.02 crore infections as per the analysis. But there has been a significant drop in the number of infections recorded daily in the last couple of weeks.
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