Digital
Desk: : In a statement released on Wednesday, the Delhi Disaster
Management Authority (DDMA) said that schools would not be closed, but that
standard operating procedures would be developed in coordination with experts.
Violators will be fined rs 500.
The
decisions were taken at a meeting of DDMA amid a rise in Covid cases in Delhi.
On Tuesday, 632 fresh cases were reported even as the number of
hospitalisations remained low and deaths were negligible.
The
Delhi government ended the mandatory use of face masks in public places on
April 2. Experts have suggested wearing face masks should be strictly enforced
to prevent the spread of the virus in view of the rising infections.
The
authorities in Noida, Ghaziabad, and Gurgaon of the National Capital Region
previously mandated the use of masks citing the rise in cases.
Satyendar
Jain, the Delhi health minister, said on Monday that the situation was not
alarming in Delhi despite the increase in cases.
