New Delhi: AAP chief and Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal is scheduled to chair an emergency meeting with Delhi Health minister Satyendar Jain and different officers in the nationwide capital on Friday (April 2) in the view of rising COVID-19 cases in town.
Delhi reported 2,790 COVID-19 infections on Thursday pushing the cumulative complete to six,65,220.
After the addition of cases on Thursday, the nationwide capital’s energetic cases breached the ten,000-mark.
Delhi additionally reported 1,121 recoveries, whereas its dying toll has risen to 11,036 with over 9 new deaths in the previous 24 hours.
The metropolis has been persistently recording over 1,500 cases over the previous few days. This sudden surge, additionally termed as a second wave by the authorities, have compelled the AAP-led Delhi authorities to rethink and rethink the COVID-19 pointers in place.
Additionally, Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain on Thursday revealed that COVID-19 testing in the nationwide capital shall be elevated to 80,000 per day, as per information company ANI reviews.
Listing out Delhi authorities’s plan to combat this sudden surge, the well being minister additionally added that an ample variety of beds is accessible in authorities hospitals.
Meanwhile, Delhi authorities have additionally began conducting random COVID-19 testing at Airports, Railway stations and bus terminals for passengers arriving in town from different states.
In the wake of the rising cases, the federal government had already put in place guidelines to limit the variety of visitors attending a gathering at 100, whereas funerals will be attended by over 50 folks. These pointers stay in place until the tip of this month, which is April 30.
Last week, the Delhi Health minister additionally addressed the rumors round a second lockdown. Denying all the chances and echoing CM Arvind Kejriwal’s phrases, Satyendar Jain revealed {that a} second lockdown in town is “not a solution”.
“As of now, there is no possibility of another lockdown. We had tried it earlier with not much success. Experts had said that due to its 14-day cycle (of the infection), a 21-day lockdown would stop the spread of the virus but that did not happen. So for me, lockdown is no solution,” stated Satyendar Jain.
“Compared to different states, the state of affairs in Delhi is underneath management. The testing charge is 5% greater than the nationwide common. People shouldn’t be careless and put on masks as a lot as attainable,” he added.
