India bans election rallies for a week as Covid-19 cases soar

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NEW DELHI India's election commission banned public campaign rallies for a week as coronavirus cases, fuelled by the Omicron variant, soared in large parts of the country.

NEW DELHI India's election commission banned public campaign rallies for a week as coronavirus cases, fuelled by the Omicron variant, soared in large parts of the country., representing a population of about 250 million, would proceed as planned starting in February, the commission said.The major urban centres of Mumbai, Delhi and Kolkata have been hit hardest.

He noted that the commission had increased the number of polling stations, reduced the number of voters per booth and ensured that poll workers would receive booster vaccine shots. Already, the virus's reproduction rate seems to be increasing in Punjab and Uttar Pradesh, the two most populous of the states up for elections.

 

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