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Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said no lockdown will be imposed in the Capital even as the positivity rate in the city reached 25 per cent on Monday. Delhi is likely to report about 22,000 new cases on January 11, Kejriwal said today. “Don’t worry, we will not impose a lockdown,” the Chief Minister told ANI news agency. “We are expecting somewhere around 20,000-22,000 new Covid-19 cases in Delhi. The positivity rate has been around 24-25 per cent for the past two days. We are enforcing strict restrictions like night curfew in Delhi out of compulsion,” said Kejriwal. On January…

All private offices in Delhi shall be closed, except those which are falling under the exempted category; work from home shall be followed. All restaurants & bars shall be closed, takeaways allowed: DDMA in its revised guidelines, tweeted ANI. The order came as the positivity rate in Delhi touched the 25% mark on Monday, up from 23.5% the previous day.

A final resting place for pets coming up Delhi’s first CNG-based cremation centre for small dead animals is coming up in Dwarka Sector 29. “To construct this cremation centre on PPP mode and to run 10 years, selection of the agency Green Revolution Foundation has been done through open tender. As per the agreement, entire cost of construction, upkeep and maintenance of this crematorium will be done by Green Revolution Foundation. SDMC will only allot land for a period of 10 years for the cremation centre and the ownership of land will be with the SDMC. A land, measuring 700…

Update on restaurants which eatery owners in Okhla should know Today’s DDMA meeting decided to close restaurants & bars & to allow “take away” facility only. It was also decided to allow operation of only one weekly market per day per zone: Delhi L-G, reported ANI and other media outlets. When night curfew imposed was imposed from 11 pm to 5 am earlier as Covid cases started increasing which was later made to start from 10 pm, many restaurant owners had expressed their reservations of the decision. You can watch the video here: https://youtu.be/2bTW5ZIJ6-g https://twitter.com/ANI/status/1480531200435318789?

Call these numbers for tele, video consultation during home isolation With the number of Covid positive patients at home isolation has been increasing and in in view of the situation, the SDMC has started Covid Helpline to provide proper consultation and guidance. Experienced doctors from the SDMC will provide consultancy services to Covid positive patients who are at home isolation. Mayor Mukesh Suryan said the SDMC has decided to provide tele consultation/video consultation as it determined to provide health services to its citizens and to contain spread of coronavirus. Covid positive patients can get proper tele & video consultation during…

Is Delhi recovering? January 10 update Covid cases appear to be slowing down in Delhi. After registering 22,751 new Covid cases on January 10, the city saw 19,166 cases on Monday. The positivity rate stood at 25 per cent and 17 deaths were recorded in the last 24 hours, according to city health bulletin on Monday. The city saw 76,670 tests being conducted. Covid positive patients in home isolation were 44,028. Covid positive patients admitted in hospital 1,912. Out of 14,355 dedicated beds in Covid hospitals, 1,999 were occupied and 12,356 vacant. https://twitter.com/CMODelhi/status/1480535518093791234

If you are looking for a place in Okhla to get Kids 15+ free Covid vaccines, then CII is providing it for free at Kalindi Kunj. Also, elderly can walk in to take booster dose provided they have taken last of the 2 shots nine months ago, said Abdullah of the CII. He said other residents can also come to take free vaccine. The camp has been going on for the last many days from 10 to 5. The free vaccination drive by CII is be run at former Okhla MLA Asif Md Khan office nearby Kalindi Kunj office. Abdul…

Delhi cases update: January 9 Compared to Saturday’s Covid numbers, the national Capital has reported 12 per cent more cases on Sunday at 22,751. Seventeen deaths were also reported from the city which is most Covid fatality in a day since June 16, 2021. The positivity rate stood at 23.53 per cent. If on Saturday Delhi saw 20,181 cases, on Friday 17,335 cases and 15,097 reported on Thursday. According to the city government health bulletin, 1,800 patients are getting treatment in Covid dedicated hospitals. https://twitter.com/CMODelhi/status/1480194199857221634 87.43 per cent beds are vacant in dedicated Covid hospitals, said the bulletin. Over 300…

Kejriwal important Sunday press meet: 10 things that you need to know In an important press release held on Sunday online, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said he was at the helm of affairs despite the home isolation and kept a close track of the situation. 10 points from Kejrwial’s meet 1. ‘We don’t want to impose a lockdown, if everyone wears masks, there would be no lockdown’ 2. ‘No plans to implement a lockdown; restrictions imposed only to curb the spread; not heightening restrictions to protect livelihoods of the masses’ 3. ‘No need to be scared or panic of Corona,…

Good news for underprivileged in Okhla as free ration benefit extended The period for free ration supply to the beneficiaries has been extended for another six months i.e. up to May 2022 to mitigate the economic hardship caused by the pandemic Covid-19. The underprivileged of Delhi have been receiving free ration ever since the pandemic struck in March-April 2020 and needy people are getting free ration through their ration cards and also those without having ration cards, said the Delhi government in a statement a few days ago. The decision was taken at a high-level meeting headed by Food &…