New Delhi: As Covid cases in Delhi continue to surge, the Delhi Disaster Management Authority issued revised guidelines to curb the spread of Coronavirus. According to the new guidelines. al private offices in Delhi shall be closed, except those which are falling under the exempted category.
Considering the spike, all offices have been instructed to direct their employees to work from home.
The DDMA had also issued a set of revised guidelines for food joints on Monday. As per the order, the dine-in facility at restaurants in the city has been suspended and bars have been shut down in view of the surge in coronavirus cases.
Officers were also advised to strictly ensure that people wear masks and adhere to social distancing norms in markets and public places to break the chain of transmission.
The Delhi LG also asked the health department to make adequate arrangements for additional manpower in hospitals and to scale up Covid vaccination efforts, including for those in age group of 15-18 years.
The DDMA, however, decided not to impose lockdown in the national capital as of now. The DDMA meeting, chaired by LG Anil Baijal, was attended by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and other senior officials.
The meeting also discussed the option of scaling down full seating capacity in metro trains and buses to 50 percent, PTI reported.
Delhi Covid Status
Delhi logged 17 more deaths due to COVID-19 and 19,166 infections in a day as the positivity rate rose to 25 per cent, the highest since May 4 last year, according to the city health department's data on Monday.
The city had reported the same number of Covid deaths on Sunday too. In just 10 days, Delhi has recorded 70 Covid deaths.
The 22,752 new cases reported on Sunday was the highest since May 1 last year when the city saw 25,219 infections with a positivity rate of 31.61 per cent.
Delhi saw fewer cases on Monday with the number of tests conducted the previous day being lower than the day before.