Covid-19: Delhi bans dine-in services at restaurants, closes bars

The Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) Monday suspended dine-in facility at restaurants and closed bars in view of the rising Covid cases in the city, but decided against imposing a full lockdown yet.

A DDMA meeting, chaired by Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal and attended by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, also discussed ways to strictly enforce existing restrictions to check the rising cases of the coronavirus and its Omicron variant.

It was also discussed in the DDMA meeting that restrictions imposed in Delhi should be extended in National Capital Territory Region in view of the unhindered flow of people.

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Currently, the dine-in facility in restaurants was allowed to operate at 50 per cent of their seating capacity. The bars were also permitted to open with 50 percent seating capacity.

The meeting also discussed scaling down full capacity in Metro trains and city buses from current to 50 percent, officials said.