Night Curfew in UP : To start from tomorrow 11pm to 5am.

A night curfew has been announced in Uttar Pradesh - from 11 pm to 5 am, starting tomorrow (Saturday) - amid growing concern over the spread of the Omicron coronavirus variant.

Restrictions include only 200 people will be permitted to attend marriages and social functions, with all COVID-19-safety protocols to be followed.

UP becomes the second state, after Madhya Pradesh, to impose night-time restrictions.

The Allahabad High Court also requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi to ban poll-related gatherings in the state.

31 new COVID-19 cases were reported across UP on Thursday, much lower than the tens of thousands of cases detected daily in April-May. The state has reported two Omicron cases so far.

Maharashtra has 88, followed by Delhi (67), Telangana (38), Tamil Nadu (34), Karnataka (31) and Gujarat (30). Kerala, Rajasthan, Haryana, Odisha, J&K, Bengal, Andhra Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Chandigarh, Ladakh and Uttarakhand have also reported Omicron case.

The centre had also called on states and UTs to re-activate COVID-19 'war rooms' to better plan and coordinate testing, tracking and containment strategies in anticipation of a new wave of COVID-19 cases.