: Mumbai, Chennai impose curbs on new year celebrations amid Covid-19 surge #IndiaNEWS The Mumbai Police on Thursday issued an order banning new year parties in the open and closed spaces till January

Mumbai, Chennai impose curbs on new year celebrations amid Covid-19 surge #IndiaNEWS
The Mumbai Police on Thursday issued an order banning new year parties in the open and closed spaces till January 7, The Indian Express reported.The order by Deputy Commissioner of Police (operations) Chaitanya S has been issued under Section 144 (banning gatherings of four or more persons) of the Code of Criminal Procedure.The police have also said that legal action would be taken against persons who violate orders prohibiting new year celebrations.Violators would be booked under Section 188 (disobeying an order by a public servant) of the Indian Penal Code, and provisions of the Epidemic Diseases Act and National Disaster Management Act, the order said.Covid-19 cases have increased sharply in Mumbai in the past week. On Wednesday, the city reported 2,510 coronavirus cases and one death due to the disease, data from the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation showed. This was a 82.2% increase from Tuesday’s count of 1,377 cases.The Maharashtra government on Wednesday held a meeting with officials from Mumbai’s civic body to review the coronavirus situation in the city. The state’s Health Minister Rajesh Tope said that restrictions may be imposed in Mumbai if the positivity rate crosses 5%.“[It is] worrying to see the number of active cases increasing in the state,�? he said, adding that Mumbai’s positivity rate on Wednesday was 4%.New curbs in ChennaiThe Chennai Police have asked residents...Read more

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