With Maharashtra reporting over 1,000 fresh infections for the past three days, the state government on Friday imposed night curfew between 9 pm and 6 am with immediate effect and capped the number of people attending weddings and religious events in closed spaces at 100. The state also said that Mumbaikars flying in from Dubai must undergo home quarantine for seven days.

Worried over a sudden spike in the Covid-19 cases in Maharashtra in the past two days and the transmission of the Omicron variant, the state government imposed new restrictions ahead of the new year celebrations. The implementation of the new order started from Friday midnight itself. Assembly of five or more people at public places have been barred from 9 pm to 6 am. The number of guests in the indoor and outdoor weddings, social, religious and political functions, and other events has been restricted.