Night curfew will be clamped between 10 pm and 5 am in Delhi and schools, colleges, cinemas and gyms will be shut as part of the new restrictions that have come into force to contain the surge in Covid-19 cases. 

The Delhi Metro will function at 50% capacity while malls and shops will open on an odd-even basis.

The restrictions are part of the ‘Yellow Alert’ that has been issued after the daily count of fresh Covid-19 cases touched 331 on Monday. This is the highest single-day increase in close to 7 months.

The positivity rate, which is the percentage of tests for Covid that turn out to be positive, was above 0.5 per cent for two days, which constitutes the trigger for a yellow alert.

What is allowed and what is not:

 ·         Malls and shops will open on odd-even basis, between 10 am and 8 pm

 ·         Private offices to function with 50% staff barring essential categories

 ·         Weddings are allowed but not more than 20 people can attend.

 ·         Restaurants and bars will be closed at 10 pm and will operate at half capacity

 ·         Online deliveries can continue

 ·         Standalone shops or markets in residential colonies will not follow odd-even

 ·         Salons, barber shops and parlours will be allowed

 ·         Spas and wellness clinics will be closed

 ·         Political, religious, festival related gatherings won't be allowed.