Covid-19 - No lockdown in Delhi; Delhi Disaster Management Authority mulls stricter curbs to arrest spread

Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) has decided not to impose lockdown in the National Capital Territory of Delhi but could enforce stricter curbs to arrest the spread of COVID-19.

In a DDMA meeting that was held on Monday, the authority discussed further restrictions such as closing dine-in facility in restaurants and scaling down seating capacity in metro trains and buses, a PTI report said quoting officials.

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The DDMA meeting was chaired by Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal and was also attended by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. During the meeting, ways to strictly enforce existing restrictions to check rising cases of the coronavirus and its Omicron variant were discussed.

It was discussed in the DDMA meeting that restrictions imposed in Delhi should also be imposed in National Capital Territory Region to prevent rise in cases, this report said.

Currently, dine-in facility in restaurants is allowed to operate at 50 per cent of their seating capacity. The city buses and Metro trains are permitted to operate with 100 per cent seating capacity.

Kejriwal had on Sunday said the rapid speed at which the coronavirus was spreading in Delhi had been a matter of "deep concern", yet added there was no plan to impose lockdown.

There would be no lockdown if people wear masks, he had stated.