New Delhi (NVI): Union Home Minister Amit Shah will hold an all-party meeting in Delhi tomorrow to review the Covid-19 crisis in the national capital which has seen a spike in the number of coronavirus cases in the last few days.
The Covid-19 cases in Delhi have seen a surge after the Centre announced the lifting of the lockdown in a phased manner across the country.
Earlier today, Home Minister held a meeting with Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan and other senior officials here to discuss the pandemic situation in the national capital.
Crucial decisions regarding the prevention of Covid infection from spreading in Delhi and the treatment of patients were taken at the meeting.
Tomorrow’s meeting will take place at 11 am and is likely to be attended by Delhi-based parties including the ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), the Congress, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Delhi unit of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP).
In the meeting held today, Amit Shah assured all possible help from Centre to the national capital to combat the spread of coronavirus.
In a series of tweets, Shah said that taking note of the lack of beds for Covid-19 patients, Centre has taken an urgent decision to provide 500 railways coaches to Delhi. He said these railway coaches will not only increase 8,000 beds in Delhi but they will also be equipped with all facilities to combat Covid-19 infection.
Apart from that, the Home Minister said that corona testing will be tripled in Delhi after the next six days. “Corona testing in Delhi will be doubled in the next couple of days and it will be further tripled after six days,” he said, adding that testing facility will be started at every polling booth in containment zones.
Shah also said that to enable contact mapping in a better way, a comprehensive door to door survey of each person will be done in containment zones in Delhi. “Its report will come in a week. Besides, for effective monitoring, every person will be asked to download Aarogya Setu App,” he said.
He added that the Centre has decided to form a committee of senior doctors at AIIMS for telephonic guidance to small hospitals in Delhi regarding correct information and instructions. He said that this helpline number will be released tomorrow.
He has directed the Central Government, Delhi Government and all three Municipal Corporations of Delhi to ensure proper implementation of the decisions taken in the meeting held earlier this morning such as house-to-house survey, Corona testing etc to the lowest level, the MHA said in a statement.
Delhi is now nearing the 40,000 mark while the coronavirus has claimed over 1200 live so far. Delhi has recorded 38,958 confirmed cases so far with 1,271 deaths. There are 22,742 confirmed cases and 14,945 recoveries, according to the latest data with the Health Ministry.
