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Doctors, journalists allowed to travel; patients, vegetable vendors also exempted

The state health bulletin of the Delhi government reported the national capital’s biggest single-day spike of 19,486 new coronavirus infections, and 141 related deaths, on Friday evening, as the weekend curfew went live at 10 pm. The curfew will continue till 5 am on Monday. However, despite the curfew, e-passes would be issued by the […]

The state health bulletin of the Delhi government reported the national capital’s biggest single-day spike of 19,486 new coronavirus infections, and 141 related deaths, on Friday evening, as the weekend curfew went live at 10 pm. The curfew will continue till 5 am on Monday.

However, despite the curfew, e-passes would be issued by the police and Delhi government for the people who need to travel unavoidably, informed Delhi Police Commissioner S.N. Shrivastava. Besides this, doctors and journalists will be allowed to travel without an e-pass on the basis of a valid identity card.

“E-pass is needed for many things. Delhi Police and Delhi government are issuing e-passes. If anyone has to go to a hospital in an emergency, it’ll be considered. A doctor going to a hospital can go on the basis of an ID. If a vegetable seller is making sales and it can be seen then he’ll be allowed even without a pass,” said Shrivastava, adding, “Journalists can move on the basis of their IDs, they won’t face any issue, except for those whose IDs won’t be proper. They won’t be permitted and the same action will be taken as for anyone else.”

In view of the weekend curfew, the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) announced that metro services will be available with a headway of 15 minutes across the whole network, except for the Noida/Vaishali and Kirti Nagar/Inderlok sections. “In the two sections, where there is a bifurcation in the network—Noida/Vaishali section of Blue Line and Kirti Nagar/Inderlok section of Green Line—the headway will become double, i.e., services will be available after every 30 minutes,” it added.

Meanwhile, the FMCG company Mother Dairy informed people in a statement that its services will be available without disruption during the weekend curfew as they are part of essential items.

As per the DDMA, the National Zoological Park will also be closed on Saturday and Sunday.

The Delhi government on Thursday imposed a weekend curfew in view of the rising Covid-19 cases across the city. The total infection caseload of Delhi has reached 8,03,623, with 61,005 active cases. The overall casualties have soared to 11,793. The Covid positivity rate in Delhi also jumped to 19.69 percent on Friday while the fatality rate stood at 1.47 percent.

Furthermore, a total of 12,649 people recovered from the virus in the 24 hours, taking the total number of recoveries to 7,30,825. However, the recovery rate has dropped to 90.94 percent.

Nearly 99,000 coronavirus tests were also conducted in the city during the period. A total of 64,939 RT-PCR/CBNAAT/TrueNat tests and as many as 34,018 rapid antigen tests were conducted. So far, a total of 1,60,43,160 tests have been conducted in the national capital.

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