AMN /NEW DELHI
In view of spike in COVID-19 cases, weekend curfew will be imposed in the national capital. Delhi Government officials barring essential services will work from home while private offices will work with 50 percent capacity.
The Delhi Disaster Management Authority today met and decided on these new curbs in the city. Briefing media, Delhi Deputy Chief, minister Manish Sisodia said Delhi metro and buses will again run at full capacity to avoid crowding outside metro stations and at bus stops. However, people will not be allowed to travel without a mask. Mr. Sisodia said, as per the experts the Omicron variant is milder.
Delhi govt directs private hospitals to keep 40% beds reserved for Covid patients
All private hospitals and nursing homes in Delhi having 50 beds and above have been directed to reserve at least 40 per cent of their total bed capacity for COVID-19 patients. The decision came in the wake of rising cases of Covid-19 in the National Capital.
Directorate General of Health Services in an order today said, it has been observed that transmissibility of Omicron variant of Covid-19 is very high and the number of Omicron positive cases in the community is rising exponentially. It further said, there has been an upsurge in the cases in the city and in the last four days, the positivity rate has risen from 2.44 per cent to 8 per cent.