No Lockdown, New Restrictions To Be Imposed In Delhi Soon: CM Kejriwal

TPI Staff April 10, 2021

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Mumbai: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday said that there will be no lockdown in the national capital but that “new restrictions” will be imposed there soon.

“If we have a sufficient dose and the age bar is removed, we can vaccinate people in Delhi within 2-3 months. Currently, we have the vaccine for 7-10 days. We need to remove age criteria and scale-up vaccination. There will be no lockdown. New restrictions will be imposed soon,” Kejriwal said.

Delhi reported 8,521 new COVID-19 cases on Friday, making it the largest single-day spike in this year. Friday was the fourth consecutive day when Delhi reported more than 5,000 COVID-19 cases.

Its active case tally has increased to 26,631. According to the Delhi Health Department’s COVID-19 Bulletin, Delhi reported 39 coronavirus-related deaths in the last 24 hours. With this, its overall death is now 11,196, while the total infection has reached 7,06,526 cases.

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