New Delhi (NVI): The Supreme Court today asked Delhi, Gujarat, Maharashtra, and Assam to file a status report within two days on steps taken to control the spread of coronavirus, while observing that the situation is going to be out of control in Gujarat.
The court also sounded alarm over the Covid-19 situation and said that things may get worse in December if the states are not well prepared.
The apex court also observed that the situation had worsened in the national capital in the last two weeks. The SC bench, headed by Justice Ashok Bhushan, told Additional Solicitor General Sanjay Jain, who was appearing for the Delhi government, to file a status report on steps taken to contain the spread of infection in the national capital.
Notably, the Home Ministry has also issued directions and new Covid measures for Delhi recently, considering the spike in the number of new cases here.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah had held a meeting on the Covid-19 situation in Delhi on November 13, whereby various directives had been issued. Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal was also present in the meeting.
Yesterday, High-level Central Teams were deputed to Uttar Pradesh, Punjab and Himachal Pradesh to support these States in COVID response and management.
These States have been either reporting a rise in the number of active cases i.e. those who are hospitalized or are in home isolation under medical supervision, or demonstrating a rise in the daily new cases, the Health Ministry said.
India has registered 44,059 new infections of COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, pushing the overall caseload to 91,39,866. The country’s death toll due to the virus rose to 1,33,738, with 511 patients succumbing to the infection since yesterday.
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