No plans for night curfew, says Gurugram administration

Despite a rapid spike in Covid-19 infections over the last three weeks, officials of the district administration dismissed plans for imposing a night curfew in the city, even as neighbouring Delhi imposed restrictions on public movement between 10pm and 5am

Despite a rapid spike in Covid-19 infections over the last three weeks, officials of the Gurugram administration said they had no plans yet of imposing a night curfew in the city, like in neighbouring Delhi.

In the last three weeks, the city has witnessed a rapid spread of the Covid-19 infection. (Vipin Kumar /HT Photo)

The district officials said that they are focussing on containing the infections by strictly enforcing social distancing norms.

Yash Garg, the deputy commissioner of Gurugram, said a decision on night curfew will have to be taken by the State Disaster Management Authority. “There is no such plan (night curfew) as of now and no such directions have not been conveyed by the state government,” he said.

In the last three weeks, the city has witnessed a rapid spread of the Covid-19 infection. The district reported 3,355 active cases on Tuesday evening, a sharp spike from around 600 active cases on March 15. There has been a sharp rise in positivity rate as well, from 2.5% to 7.8% in this period.

On Tuesday, the city reported 604 new Covid-19 cases, which took the tally to 65,138 cases in the district. However, there was no Covid-related death on Tuesday, with the toll remaining at 368 in the district so far.

Virender Yadav, chief medical officer, Gurugram, said that their prime focus was to curb the spread by expanding testing and increasing the vaccine outreach. “We have already allowed private hospitals to tie up with industries, vaccine camps will also be set up in malls and shopping centres. A large scale vaccination drive is on the anvil in Manesar industrial area, in collaboration with the local units, from Wednesday,” said Yadav.