Delhi likely to Revise Covid guidelines, Amid Covid cases surge

Amid covid cases surge in national capital Delhi the dine-in service in Delhi restaurants is likely to be discontinued in view of the worsening Covid situation, DDMA sources said on Monday. However, takeaway services will continue to take place.

Delhi Disaster Management Authority is likely to announce new curbs as it held a Covid review meeting today. In order to curb Covid cases in Delhi, night curfew, weekend lockdown is already in place in the national capital.

On Sunday, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said that the government has no immediate plans to impose a full lockdown. He said this can be averted if people follow all Covid-related protocols and wear masks. However, there is no surety if the situation goes out of control.

Amid this in delhi, what seems like a little breather, most of the fresh cases around 85-90% are asymptomatic or with mild symptoms. In comparison to the second wave, infections in the third wave are not that serious.

The photo of Prime Minister Narendra Modi will not appear on the Covid vaccination certificates in these states. Five poll-bound states as the Model Code of Conduct has come into effect following the Election Commission of India’s announcement. The Union Ministry of Health has applied filters on the CoWIN portal government web portal for Covid-19 vaccination registration–to exclude PM Modi’s photo from the vaccine certificate.

Model Code of Conduct comes into force immediately after the poll schedule is announced by the Election Commission and stays in effect till the elections are completed. Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Manipur, and Goa will be held between February 10 and March 7 in seven phases.

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The counting of votes for all five states will take place on March 10. In March last year, Union Health Ministry had taken a similar initiative during the elections held in Assam, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, and Puducherry as suggested by the Election Commission following complaints raised by some political parties.