The lockdown in Delhi has been further extended by a week, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Sunday. The move comes as an effort to curb the spread of coronavirus across the national capital.
Lockdown is the main factor behind the dip amid the second wave of the pandemic, say experts
Different states of have imposed complete lockdowns to reduce the spread of the coronavirus virus amid a deadly second wave.
Delhi: Metro rail services to remain temporarily suspended till 5 am on 17th May, as the national capital enters into an extended period of lockdown with strict restrictions
On Saturday, Delhi recorded 332 more COVID-19 fatalities and 17,364 new infections, while the positivity rate remained below 25 per cent for the third consecutive day, the Health Department said.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday said that the city government will provide Covid-19 vaccine to all Delhiites for free.
Delhi recorded the highest single-day rise in its COVID-19 death toll with 357 more people succumbing to the viral disease on Saturday as well as over 24,000 fresh cases, according to the latest bulletin issued by the city health department.
Delhi recorded the highest single-day rise in its COVID-19 death toll with 357 more people succumbing to the viral disease on Saturday as well as over 24,000 fresh cases, according to the latest bulletin issued by the city health department.
Police personnel checked vehicles and IDs of people who are commuting in Delhi amid the 6-day lockdown imposed in the national capital in the wake of COVID-19 pandemic.
Hours after Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal announced a week-long lockdown in the national capital, it triggered panic among migrant workers who rushed to Anand Vihar Bus Terminal in Ghaziabad on Monday evening to return to their homes. Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal announced a six-day lockdown from 10 pm on Monday till 5 am on April 26 which he said was necessary to deal with the rising number of COVID-19 cases as the city's health system was stretched to its limits.
On Monday, the DMRC said that services during the lockdown period for peak hours -- morning (8 am to 10 am) and evening (5 pm to 7 pm) -- across the network will be available with a frequency of 30 minutes
COVID-19 situation hasn't improved in the national capital. A huge crowd was seen at vegetable market in Daryaganj on April 20, with no social distancing.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and UP minister Siddharth Nath Singh has slammed the Delhi government decision to impose a six-day lockdown in the national capital to arrest the spread of Covid-19. Singh said that the lockdown decision was taken in a haste by the Arvind Kejriwal government. He said that Kejriwal is trying to cover up his government's gross failures in dealing with the situation.
Earlier on Monday, Kejriwal announced a six-day complete lockdown in Delhi to deal with the rising number of COVID-19 cases as the city's health system was stretched to its limits.
Delhi government has imposed a six-day complete lockdown to deal with the rising number of COVID-19 cases.
COVID-19 cases continued to rise in the national capital. As week-long lockdown was imposes, migrant workers in large numbers are leaving for their hometown from Delhi from Anand Vihar Bus Terminal.
Delhi government has imposed a complete lockdown in Delhi from Monday night (April 19) till next Monday morning (April 26), in the wake of a record rise in COVID-19 cases. The six day lockdown in the national capital will come into force from 10 pm tonight till 5 am next Monday, CM Arvind Kejriwal announced.
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