Amid Omicron Alarm, Mumbai Bans Large Gatherings For 2 Days

Saturday, 11 December 2021Newsdesk
Amid Omicron Alarm, Mumbai Bans Large Gatherings For 2 Days
On a day when the city reported three new cases of the Omicron coronavirus variant that took Maharashtra's tally to 17 and India's to 32, the police in Mumbai ordered a two-day ban on large gatherings, news agency PTI reported.

New Delhi, 11 December2021

As per news report of NDTV, The restrictions were imposed within the commissionerate limits of Mumbai, prohibiting rallies and protest marches involving people and vehicles over the next two days, an official told PTI. The order, issued by the Deputy Commissioner of Police (Operations), will be in effect for 48 hours on Saturday and Sunday, he said. "It has been issued to prevent danger to human life from the new Omicron variant of COVID-19 as well as a threat to the law-and-order situation against the backdrop of violence that took place in Amravati, Malegaon and Nanded," he said. Maharashtra reported seven new cases of the Omicron variant of coronavirus on Friday including a three-and-half-year-old girl, the state health department said.

Source - NDTV

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