Delhi weekend curfew: List of those exempted

The Delhi government announced a weekend curfew to check the number of Covid-19 cases, which have been rising due to the spread of the Omicron variant. Other measures like limiting the office staff and restricting gatherings of people are already in place.

The Delhi government on Tuesday announced a weekend curfew, which will be in place from Friday 10pm to Monday 5am in view of surge in coronavirus disease (Covid-19) cases. The decision was taken after a meeting of Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) that reviewed the situation in the national capital in the wake of Omicron's spread.

A healthcare worker takes the swab samples from commuters to check for Covid-19 infection, at Punjabi Bagh in New Delhi on Tuesday. (Sanchit Khanna/HT Photo)

The DDMA also clamped other restrictions like directing government offices to start work from home and capping the staff strength at private offices to 50 per cent of their capacity.

Essential services, including supply of food items and medicines, will continue uninterrupted, the DDMA order said.

Here is the list of who all will be exempted during the weekend curfew, which will come into force from January 7:

1. Officers and officials involved in essential and emergency services shall be allowed on production of valid identity card during night and weekend curfew.

2. Officers and officials of Government of India, its autonomous or subordinate offices and PSUs on production of valid identity card and according to the restrictions imposed by the Union government.

3. Judges and all Judicial officers, staff members of all courts of Delhi as well as advocate, legal counsels, connected with the case hearing on production of valid identity card, service ID Card, photo entry passes and permission letters issued by the court administration.

4. Officers and officials in the offices of diplomats of various countries as well as persons holding any Constitutional post on production of valid identity card.

5. All private medical personnel such as doctors, nursing staff, paramedics and other hospital services such as hospitals, diagnostic centres, testing laboratories, clinics, pharmacies, pharmaceutical companies, medical oxygen suppliers and other medical and health services on production of valid ID card.

6. Pregnant women and patients for getting medical and health services along with attendant, on production of valid identity card and doctor's prescription

7. Persons who are going for Covid-19 testing or vaccination, on production of valid identity card.

8. Persons coming from or going to airports, railway stations, inter-state bus terminuses allowed to travel on production of valid ticket.

9. Electronic and print Media on production of valid identity card.

10. Persons or students shall be allowed to appear in examination on production of valid admit card. The examination staff deployed for exam duties shall be allowed to travel on production of valid identity card or examination duty order.

11. Movement of individual for marriage related-gatherings up to 20 persons on production of soft or hard copy of marriage card