Night curfew in Delhi from Monday over rising Covid cases

New Delhi, December 27

Night curfew will be imposed in Delhi from 11 pm on Monday, restricting movement of individuals except those in exempted categories, due to rising Covid cases and the threat posed by omicron, according to a Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) order.

The night curfew will be in place from 11 pm to 5 am till further orders, the DDMA said.

Those exempted from the curfew include government officials, judges and judicial officers, medical personnel, pregnant women and patients, people going on foot to buy essential items, mediapersons, and people going to or returning from railway stations, bus stops and airports.

Only exempted-category people will be allowed in Metro trains and public transport buses during the night curfew hours, the DDMA order stated.

Delhi recorded 290 Covid cases on Sunday with a positivity rate of 0.55 per cent. As per the Graded Response Action Plan, a ‘yellow’ alert is sounded if the positivity rate stays at 0.5 per cent on two consecutive days.

A number of restrictions, including night curfew, closure of schools and colleges, halved seating capacity in Metro trains and buses, closure of non-essential shops and malls among others, kick in with the ‘yellow alert’. PTI