Delhi Disaster Management Authority imposed a night curfew in the national capital ahead of the 2021 New Year’s eve celebrations. No public gatherings will be allowed in Delhi on 31st December and 1st January between 11 pm and 6 am to restrict the New Year celebrations, as per an order signed by Chief Secretary of Delhi Vijay Dev.

“A detailed assessment of the situation in Delhi has been made and considering the threat posed by the mutant UK strain of COVID-19 virus and after observing the local incidents of Covid-19 pandemic in Delhi, it is apprehended that gatherings, congregations, and public celebrations of New Year pose a considerable threat of the spread of the virus and may cause a setback to the appreciable gains made in the suppression of chain of transmission of COVID-19 cases in Delhi,” the order said.

It is to be mentioned that the Delhi government on Wednesday ordered setting up of isolation facilities at four private hospitals for those who travelled from or transited through the UK between November 25 and December 24 and tested positive for the new strain of the coronavirus.