COVID-19 | Night curfew imposed, educational institutions shut in Punjab #medical institutions to be functioned normally #COVID-19 | Delhi imposes weekend curfew #mumbai updates
Movement of individuals for all non-essential activities shall remain prohibited between 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. within municipal limits of all cities and towns of Punjab, according to an order issued by the Home Affairs and Justice Department on January 4.
All educational institutions, including schools, colleges, universities, and coaching institutions, shall remain closed, it further said.
Bars, cinema halls, multiplexes, malls, restaurants, spas, museums, and zoos shall be allowed to operate at 50% of their capacity subject to all employees being fully vaccinated, it said.
Only fully vaccinated staff will be allowed to attend government and private offices, working spaces, factories, and industries, it said.
The restrictions in poll-bound Punjab will remain in force till January 15.
Punjab has been witnessing a rise in the number of infections for the last few days. It has so far recorded 6,05,922 Covid cases and 16,651 deaths..
COVID-19 | Delhi imposes weekend curfew
“All government offices, except for essential services, others will work from home. Private offices will be allowed 50% capacity offline and 50% to work from home,” Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said
Due to the rise in COVID-19 cases, the Delhi government on Tuesday imposed a curfew on Saturdays and Sundays in the city.
.“Today, in the DDMA (Delhi Disaster Management Authority) meeting, the government has taken some decisions. There will be curfew in Delhi on Saturday and Sunday... Essential and emergency services will be exempted from the curfew,” Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia.
The existing night curfew on all days will continue, he said.
The Minister also said that to avoid rush at metro stations and bus stands, buses and metros will now run at full capacity. But no one will be allowed without a mask.
“All government offices, except for essential services, others will work from home. Private offices will be allowed 50% capacity offline and 50% to work from home,” Mr. Sisodia said.
The city is witnessing a surge in COVID-19 cases and on Monday 4,099 new cases were reported in 24 hours, the highest in seven months.
This was 28.3% higher than 3,194 fresh cases reported on Sunday.
Also, the number of active cases has breached the 10,000 mark and gone up to 10,986.
MUMBAI UPDATE
Mumbai Mayor Kishori Pednekar on Tuesday said if the daily COVID-19 cases here cross the 20,000-mark, a lockdown will be imposed in the city as per the Union government's rules.
Talking to reporters at her office in the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) headquarters, Ms Pednekar suggested that citizens wear triple-layer masks while travelling in public buses and local trains.
She also appealed to them to get vaccinated at the earliest and follow all COVID-19-related standard operating procedures (SOPs).
Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray might address the citizens in a couple of days, she said.
To a query, Ms Pednekar said the BMC will carry out RT-PCR tests of people returning from Goa by a cruise ship and quarantine them at civic centres, or in hotels if they are ready to pay for it.
Notably, the cruise ship, where 66 of over 2,000 people on board tested positive for coronavirus, was sent back to Mumbai from Goa late Monday night with all the passengers after some of the infected persons refused to get admitted to a medical facility there, an official from a shipping agency said.
The mayor said BMC Commissioner Iqbal Singh Chahal has been keeping a close watch on the situation, and he has already hinted about the lockdown if the COVID-19 cases in the city rise over 20,000.
"Today, no one wants a lockdown and it certainly shouldn't be imposed, as just now everyone is recovering from it. If the lockdown is enforced again, it will badly affect everyone. But, if the daily COVID-19 cases cross the 20,000 mark, a lockdown will be implemented by the civic body and the state government as per the Union government's rules," Ms Pednekar said.
She appealed to citizens to follow COVID-19-appropriate behaviour, avoid overcrowding in markets, malls and marriage functions, and wear masks properly.
The mayor also appealed to people to hold marriage functions as per the rules and ensure such events do not prove to be COVID-19 super-spreaders.
She said currently, only six Omicron patients are admitted in Mumbai hospitals and all other persons infected by the new COVID-19 variant have been discharged.
To check the spread of COVID-19 cases, the Mumbai civic body is conducting RT-PCR tests and distributing masks to those who don't have them. The BMC is also focusing on vaccinating a maximum number of people, she added.
"The civic body procured for free the vaccines sold to hospitals here by the Union government under the 25 per cent quota and administered them to citizens without taking charges. The vaccine doses are administered in societies, buildings and chawls and to groups of youths, senior citizens and women," the mayor said.
"If a ward has 20,000 homes, we have covered 15,000-16,000 of these homes," she claimed.
Ms Pednekar said the Shiv Sena cancelled two programmes of the party due to the rise in COVID-19 cases.
The mayor also appreciated Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar for his reported statement that he would not attend any function if more than 50 people are present.
Mumbai is witnessing a huge surge in COVID-19 cases since the last week.
On Monday, the country's financial capital reported 8,082 COVID-19 cases, the highest daily count since April 18, 2021, taking the caseload beyond the eight lakh mark, while two more patients succumbed to the infection, the BMC earlier said.
Mumbai also reported 40 new cases of the Omicron variant, pushing the number of such infections to 368 in the metropolis, according to the Maharashtra government's health department.
With fresh additions, the city's coronavirus tally rose to 8,07,602, while the death toll increased to 16,379 on Monday, as per official data.
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