{"id":237091,"date":"2022-01-06T09:12:01","date_gmt":"2022-01-06T04:12:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/?p=237091"},"modified":"2022-01-06T09:12:01","modified_gmt":"2022-01-06T04:12:01","slug":"surging-omicron-forces-delhi-to-impose-weekend-curfew","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/surging-omicron-forces-delhi-to-impose-weekend-curfew\/","title":{"rendered":"Surging Omicron forces Delhi to impose weekend curfew"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> NEW DELHI<br \/>\nIndia\u00b4s capital New Delhi will lock down over the weekend as authorities grapple with a fresh surge in coronavirus cases, partly fuelled by the fast-spreading Omicron variant.<br \/>\nThe country was battered by a devastating Covid outbreak last year that overwhelmed hospitals and crematoriums, but daily case numbers had since then stayed reasonably low until last week.<br \/>\nDelhi\u00b4s new restrictions came the same day the sprawling megacity\u00b4s chief minister, Arvind Kejriwal, announced he had been infected and was suffering \u201cmild symptoms\u201d. Kejriwal said he was isolating at home and urged those in contact with him in the past few days to get tested.<br \/>\nThe capital last week closed gyms and cinemas, as well as imposing an overnight curfew in an effort to stem the spread. All residents besides essential workers will now be asked to stay home from Friday night to Monday morning. \u201cThe government is fully prepared to fight any Covid situation,\u201d the city\u2019s deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia said in a Tuesday address.<br \/>\nMore than 200,000 people died across India last spring after a wave of Delta variant infections that brought the healthcare system to its knees. India\u2019s 481,000 known Covid deaths is world\u2019s third-highest toll, behind the United States and Brazil.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW DELHI India\u00b4s capital New Delhi will lock down over the weekend as authorities grapple with a fresh surge in coronavirus cases, partly fuelled by the fast-spreading Omicron variant. 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