New Delhi went into a weekend lockdown Saturday as India faces a ferocious new coronavirus wave, with more than 200,000 fresh daily cases and families clamouring for drugs and hospital beds. Uttar Pradesh state, home to some 240 million people, on Friday announced that all villages and cities would be under lockdown for one day on Sunday. In the capital New Delhi, which has overtaken Mumbai as the worst-hit Indian city, restaurants, malls, gyms and spas were shut for the weekend. Weddings though can go ahead with guests limited to 50, while a maximum of 20 people can attend funerals. All essential services will be available through the weekend,” the city of 25 million people’s chief minister Arvind Kejriwal said.

Source: The Nation April 17, 2021 11:48 UTC