Newsinc24 Team
A 12-point plan to tackle coronavirus in Delhi was adopted at a meeting this evening between Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, which includes infrastructure like extra ICU beds and oxygen cylinders and more medical staff. In a series of tweets, Shah announced the measures -- one of which is also to double coronavirus testing in the city and monitoring people in home isolation.
After the meeting, Kejriwal said the Centre will make arrangements for more beds and all the facilities of Intensive Care Units for Covid patients in Delhi. Since October 20, the coronavirus cases have been on the rise in Delhi but ICU beds were not there. "The Centre has assured that 750 ICU beds will be made available at the DRDO center. The number of COVID-19 tests conducted daily to be increased to over 1 lakh," he added.
Home Minister Amit Shah also suggested measures to contain the spread of coronavirus in the national capital.The sudden spike in coronavirus cases comes amid the festive season and rising pollution levels. The National Centre for Disease Control, in a report drafted recently, had warned that Delhi needed to be prepared for about 15,000 fresh Covid-19 cases per day, taking into account the winter-related respiratory problems, a large influx of patients from outside and festive gatherings.
The high-profile meeting was held to discuss measures to control the spread of the disease in the national capital, people aware of the developments said. This also marks the second time Shah is directly intervening after spike in Delhi’s Covid-19 cases. He had chaired a series of meetings in June and July when the city witnessed a major spike in its Covid-19 cases.
