Curbs on mass gatherings key to checking spread: Government

The Centre on Tuesday said stricter measures, such as restrictions on mass gatherings, no intermingling of people, closing non-essential activities for a period of 15 days, are crucial to reduce the rate of growth in Covid-19 cases and control the spread of the infection. Presenting a case study of Pune, it said night curfew alone with no restrictions on gatherings has shown less significance in terms of controlling the growth trajectory of daily new cases.