Lockdown Not A Solution, No Possibility In Delhi: Health Minister Satyendar Jain

After months of enchancment within the Coronavirus scenario, the nation is witnessing a second wave of lethal Covid-19. Moreover, taking a observe of upcoming festivals and anticipating that public capabilities could additional unfold the lethal virus inflicting main set again to the slight acquire made in suppressing the chain prior to now few months, some states have resorted to a different lockdown within the areas which have emerged as hotspot. 

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However, the Delhi well being minister Satyendar Jain has dominated out potentialities of lockdown within the nationwide capital, saying it was not an answer to verify the unfold of the coronavirus that’s once more surging quickly. There is “no possibility” of imposing one other lockdown within the metropolis, Jain stated, as quoted by information company PTI. 

Speaking to the reporters, Jain on being requested concerning the first lockdown stated, “there was a logic behind the lockdown enforced earlier as nobody knew then how the virus propagates. It follows a 14-day cycle — between a person catching the infection and recovering from it. Experts said the virus will die if a lockdown is imposed for 21 days. Authorities kept on extending the lockdown, but the virus did not die. I don’t think lockdown is a solution.” 

While stating the newest state of Corona in Delhi, the Health Minister stated that 1,534 constructive circumstances had been reported in Delhi on Friday and the positivity is 1.8 per cent.

Earlier the circumstances had been much less however just lately there was a slight enhance. For this, now we have elevated testing lots. Now 80-90 thousand exams are being completed day by day. We are doing 5 occasions extra exams than the typical testing of the nation.

In response to the query over how lengthy the present peak of the corona is prone to stay, Satyendra Jain stated we must see the development, normally it takes 3-4 weeks for a particular development to seem and accordingly the measures and pointers will probably be fashioned.