Amit Shah, Dr Harsh Vardhan and Arvind Kejriwal to satisfy on Sunday
New Delhi:
Home Minister Amit Shah and Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan will meet Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal at 11 am on Sunday to assessment the coronavirus scenario within the nationwide capital, which has reported almost 40,000 COVID-19 circumstances and 1,214 deaths to date.
Members of the SDMA (State Disaster Management Authority) may even attend the assembly, the Home Ministry tweeted Saturday night, including that Dr Randeep Guleria, Director of AIIMS (All India Institute of Medical Sciences) would even be current.
Amit Shah and Arvind Kejriwal met on Wednesday, a day after the Chief Minister tested negative for the virus. After the assembly Mr Kejriwal tweeted that the Home Minister had “assured all cooperation”.
Home Minister, Shri @AmitShah and Health Minister, @drharshvardhan to carry assembly with @LtGovDelhi, CM Delhi & members of SDMA to assessment scenario within the capital concerning COVID-19 tomorrow, 14th June at 11 am.
Director AIIMS and different senior officers would even be current.
— गृहमंत्री कार्यालय, HMO India (@HMOIndia) June 13, 2020
Sunday’s assembly between the centre, the Delhi authorities and senior medical and emergency companies officers comes amid a worrying spike in infections within the metropolis; on Friday night Delhi reported 2,137 new COVID-19 cases in a 24-hour interval.
The whole variety of circumstances in Delhi, the third worst-affected state, has now crossed 36,000, with 1,214 deaths linked to the virus. Only Maharashtra (1.01 lakh cases, 3,717 deaths) and Tamil Nadu (40,698 circumstances and 367 deaths) have fared worse than Delhi.
On Friday the Supreme Court pulled up the Delhi authorities over the “horrendous, horrific and pathetic” scenario within the metropolis and stated coronavirus sufferers had been being handled “worse than animals”.
The courtroom additionally requested the Arvind Kejriwal authorities to clarify the autumn in testing charges.
On Tuesday Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia stated COVID-19 circumstances within the metropolis might rise to 1 lakh by June-end, 2.25 lakh by July 15 and 5.5 lakh by end-July. The surge will stress an already overburdened well being infrastructure, he cautioned.
Mr Sisodia’s remark got here a day after Lt Governor Anil Baijal scrapped a Delhi authorities proposal to order state-run hospital beds for Delhi residents. Mr Baijal overturned the choice, saying therapy “should not be denied to any patient on grounds of being a non-resident”.
The spike in Delhi is mirrored by an analogous enhance in nationwide numbers that comes amid a lot of lockdown relaxations from Monday to spice up a stuttering financial system.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will meet Chief Ministers of varied states, together with Mr Kejriwal, subsequent week to debate the COVID-19 scenario. This would be the sixth assembly between the Prime Minister and Chief Ministers.
India now has over three lakh confirmed circumstances and eight,884 deaths. Only the United States (20.5 lakh circumstances, 1.14 lakh deaths), Brazil (8.29 lakh circumstances and 41,828 deaths) and Russia (5.11 lakh circumstances, 6,705 deaths) have fared worse.
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