Covid curbs in Delhi: Dos and Don’ts

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Night curfew will be clamped between 10 pm and 5 am in Delhi and schools, colleges, cinemas and gyms will be shut as part of the new restrictions that have come into force to contain the surge in Covid-19 cases. </p>
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The Delhi Metro will function at 50% capacity while malls and shops will open on an odd-even basis.</p>
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The restrictions are part of the ‘Yellow Alert’ that has been issued after the daily count of fresh Covid-19 cases touched 331 on Monday. This is the highest single-day increase in close to 7 months.</p>
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The positivity rate, which is the percentage of tests for Covid that turn out to be positive, was above 0.5 per cent for two days, which constitutes the trigger for a yellow alert.</p>
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<strong>What is allowed and what is not:</strong></p>
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<strong> · </strong>        Malls and shops will open on odd-even basis, between 10 am and 8 pm</p>
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<strong> ·</strong>         Private offices to function with 50% staff barring essential categories</p>
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<strong> · </strong>        Weddings are allowed but not more than 20 people can attend.</p>
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<strong> · </strong>        Restaurants and bars will be closed at 10 pm and will operate at half capacity</p>
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<strong> ·  </strong>       Online deliveries can continue</p>
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<strong> · </strong>        Standalone shops or markets in residential colonies will not follow odd-even</p>
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<strong> ·</strong>         Salons, barber shops and parlours will be allowed</p>
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<strong> ·  </strong>       Spas and wellness clinics will be closed</p>
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<strong> ·  </strong>       Political, religious, festival related gatherings won't be allowed.</p>