Since the end of the year, the number of people newly infected with the new coronavirus has been increasing again in India, and people's lives are beginning to be affected, such as the prohibition of going out on weekends in principle from this week in the capital city of New Delhi.
In New Delhi, the number of newly infected people has increased more than 10 times in the past week, and the local government has banned going out on Saturday and Sunday from this week on the 4th, except for occupations necessary for maintaining social functions, in order to curb the spread of the infection. I announced that.
Government agencies will work from home except for electricity, water, and medical services, and private companies will also increase the number of employees to 50%.
In India, the number of newly infected people has been on a downward trend since the explosive spread of infection, which exceeded 400,000 people on the 1st of May last year, but it started to increase after the end of the year, and on the 4th. The number of newly infected people announced is 37,379.
So far, 1892 people have been confirmed infected with the Omicron strain.
Following the re-emergence of the infection, several states outside of New Delhi have banned night outs, and people's lives are beginning to be affected.
The Indian government has expanded the scope of vaccination from 18 years old and over to 15 years old and over from the 3rd, and will start booster vaccination for medical professionals from the 10th of this month.