Covid Crisis: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal will maintain a gathering with Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal on Monday at 11 am to debate the Corovid scenario and points within the nationwide capital. The assembly is being held to probably focus on persevering with restrictions, together with the curfew, within the gentle of the unprecedented surge in Covid-19 circumstances, which has led to a extreme scarcity of oxygen provide, in accordance with the sources.
Kejriwal had final week introduced a weekend curfew to curb a worrying surge in Covid-19 circumstances in Delhi. The curfew started at 10 pm on Friday and can proceed until 6 am on Monday, whereas important providers have been exempted from the curbs.. Speculations are being made that the curfew is perhaps prolonged to weekdays contemplating the massive spike in covid circumstances and improve in demise charge.
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Kejriwal alleges Delhi’s quota of medical oxygen is being diverted to different states
 Delhi Chief Minister on Sunday alleged that the Centre has diminished Delhi’s quota of medical oxygen and diverted it to different states. He additionally wrote to Union Minister Piyush Goyal, alleging that 140 Metric Tonnes of Oxygen meant for Delhi was diverted to different states and ought to be restored. The nationwide capital, he mentioned, is dealing with an acute scarcity of oxygen, and declared the problem has turn into “an emergency”.
In his letter to Union Minister Piyush Goyal, Kejriwal wrote: “The output of M/s Inox, one of the major suppliers to various hospitals of Delhi, has been largely diverted to other states. At this critical juncture, it would not be possible for hospitals to enter into contractual arrangements with the new suppliers who have now been assigned to Delhi”.
The disruption, he added, has began inflicting “critical shortage” throughout main hospitals.
“I would request you to kindly look into the matter personally and give appropriate instructions to all concerned for ensuring uninterrupted supply of 700 MT of Oxygen on daily basis and restoration of 140 MT of Oxygen by M/s Inox to Delhi…” he added.
Earlier through the day, Kejriwal knowledgeable that there are lower than 100 ICU beds obtainable in hospitals to deal with coronavirus sufferers.
At current, only one,800 of 10,000 central authorities hospital beds are reserved for coronavirus sufferers, he added.
Delhi on Sunday recorded the most important leap in its every day Covid-19 tally with 25,462 contemporary circumstances, and 161 folks died as a result of illness within the final 24 hours, whereas the positivity charge additionally shot as much as 29.74 per cent. Around 20,159 folks have recovered from the an infection. There are a complete of 74,941 lively circumstances within the nationwide capital and the demise toll jumped to 12,121.
(with PTI inputs)
