Mask Mandates Return to India’s Capital as Covid Cases Rise
- Over 2,000 new infections reported three days this week
- Federal government asks states to bolster Covid protocols
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India’s capital has reinstated the mask mandate in public spaces and stepped up testing for new variants, amid concerns about rising daily Covid-19 infections in the country.
The Delhi state government has begun genome sequencing for all Covid-positive samples collected April 9 onward, its spokesman said. The measures follow the detection of the highly transmissible XE variant in Mumbai earlier this month.