Delhi imposes weekend COVID curfew but election rallies continue


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  • Tuesday, 04 Jan 2022

A policeman asks people to leave the promenade at Marine drive, during restrictions to limit public gatherings amidst the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Mumbai, India, January 3, 2022. REUTERS/Niharika Kulkarni

NEW DELHI (Reuters) -Authorities in India's capital Delhi on Tuesday ordered people to stay home over coming weekends, with COVID-19 cases quadrupling in a week.

Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, the most senior elected official in the capital's administration, was one of the 37,379 new COVID-19 cases reported in India in the space of 24 hours.

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