India Ratchets Up Covid Curbs as Third Wave Gains Momentum
- Cities and states announce restrictions as infections climb
- Mumbai may consider lockdown if daily Covid cases cross 20,000
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Regional governments across India are implementing an increasingly strict set of movement restrictions and partial lockdowns as the country finds itself in the grip of the third Covid-19 wave amid rising omicron infections.
Weekend and night curfews were imposed in Delhi after its chief minister, Arvind Kejriwal, showed mild Covid-19 symptoms and tested positive for the disease. Kejriwal was attending massive election rallies ahead of a number of state polls. Private companies in India’s capital have been ordered to keep premises at half strength and government employees in non-essential services were asked to work from home as the official national infection level rose above 58,000 cases a day -- the highest one-day addition since June.