Lockdown in Delhi? Here’s what Satyendar Jain has to say on rise in COVID-19 cases
As each day new COVID-19 cases proceed to surge in the nationwide capital, Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain on Saturday stated that lockdown is just not an answer to take care of rising coronavirus infections.
“There is no possibility of lockdown. There has already been a lockdown and there was a logic behind it. At that time, no one knew how the virus spreads. It was then said that there is a 14-day cycle from being infected to ending the infection. Then the expert said that if all the activities are locked for 21 days, the virus will stop spreading. Even then the lockdown kept extending but despite this, the coronavirus spread did not stop. I think lockdown is not a solution,” stated Satyendar Jain.
“There were fewer cases earlier but it has increased now. So we have increased the number of testings and conducting 85,000-90,000 tests every day, which is more than 5 per cent of the national average. We are also doing contact tracing and isolation,” he stated.
He additional stated that there are adequate beds in the hospital for COVID-19 sufferers.
“Hospitals have a sufficient number of beds as of now. The occupancy is around 20 per cent now, 80 per cent of the beds are unoccupied. We are monitoring this, if occupancy increases, we will increase the number of beds,” the well being minister added.
Delhi on Friday reported 1,534 new COVID-19 cases, 971 recoveries, and 9 deaths.
The complete cases surged to 6,54,276 together with 6,051 lively cases and 6,37,238 complete recoveries. However, the demise toll touched 10,987 together with the brand new deaths.
Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) stated that amid rising COVID-19 cases in the NCT of Delhi, public celebrations for upcoming festivals equivalent to Holi, Navratri and gatherings in normal, shouldn’t be allowed.
The DDMA additionally stated random testing (Rapid Antigen Test/RT-PCR) of passengers coming from different states the place COVID-19 cases are rising must be achieved all airports, railway stations, inter-state bust terminals, and different alighting factors (for personal buses).Â
(With ANI inputs)
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