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Because of the rising Covid and Omicron cases, the Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) banned all the gatherings for Christmas and New Year celebrations on Wednesday. All the restaurants and bars have been allowed to run at 50 per cent of their seating capacity. Meanwhile, not more than 200 people can be permitted in a marriage-related gathering, as per the new directions.
“..all District Magistrates and District DCPs shall ensure that no cultural event/gatherings/congregations take place for celebrating Christmas or New year in NCT of Delhi,” the DDMA order said.
“Sports activities in stadia/sports complexes are permitted with a ceiling of 200 persons. Authorized weekly markets are allowed subject to strict compliance of protocol/SoP/instructions/guidelines issued in this direction,” the order added.
DDMA has directed all the District Magistrates of the national capital to implement “No Mask No Entry” at all the shops/workplaces.
In its order, DDMA observed that as not all of its orders on restrictions and prohibitions are strictly followed, so all District Magistrates shall conduct surprise checks or raids in their assigned areas and shall take strict penal action against defaulters.
On Friday, Delhi reported 125 Covid cases, the highest in more than five months. As per the Health Ministry data, the National capital’s Omicron cases were at 57. At the same time, the test positivity rate has hit 0.2 per cent for the third day in a row. The recovery rate stood at 98.21 per cent.
Meanwhile, India reported 6,317 fresh Covid cases on Wednesday, with 318 deaths till 8:00 AM. The Omicron cases in the country stood at 224, with Maharashtra and Delhi adding 11 and 3 new cases.
It is to be noted that the daily positivity rate stood at 0.51 per cent, less than 2 per cent for the last 79 days. The weekly positivity rate was at 0.58 per cent, less than 1 per cent for the last 38 days.
In addition, India conducted 12.29 lakh tests during the previous day, taking to a total of 66.74 crore tests done so far, as per the Health Ministry.
Besides this, India administered 65.18 lakh vaccine doses till 7:00 PM, aggregating to more than 138.95 crore inoculations done so far, as per the data.
Further, the Government informed Wednesday that more than 17.73 crore vaccine doses are still available with the States/UTs to be administered.
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