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Coronavirus Crisis In Delhi: Amit Shah Holds Review Meeting With Arvind Kejriwal
A meeting between Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan with Delhi Lt Governor Anil Baijal and Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal began here on Sunday to discuss the spike in novel coronavirus cases in the national capital, presently pegged at 38,958 cases.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah held a review meeting on Sunday, with Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, Lt. Governor Anil Baijal and other officials. The Home Minister assured the Delhi Chief Minister of all help from the Centre.
Amit Shah posted a series of tweets observing that the Narendra Modi government is committed to checking the transmission of the coronavirus pandemic in the national capital. The Centre will provide 500 railway coaches to Delhi in view of the serious scarcity of beds for COVID-19 patients in the national capital.
Amit Shah also remarked that a comprehensive door-to-door health survey will be undertaken in the containment zones in Delhi for effective COVID-19 contact tracing. The Home Minister further said that testing in the capital will be doubled in the next few days and will be tripled in six days.
देश की राजधानी दिल्ली में कोरोना संक्रमण को रोकने के लिए मोदी सरकार कटिबद्ध है।
— Amit Shah (@AmitShah) June 14, 2020
आज स्वास्थ्य मंत्री @drharshvardhan, @LTGovDelhi और मुख्यमंत्री @arvindkejriwal व वरिष्ठ अधिकारियों के साथ बैठक कर दिल्ली की जनता की सुरक्षा व इस संक्रमण को रोकने के लिए कई महत्तवपूर्ण निर्णय लिए।
दिल्ली के कन्टेनमेंट जोन में Contact mapping अच्छे से हो पाए इसके लिए घर-घर जाकर हर एक व्यक्ति का व्यापक स्वास्थ्य सर्वे किया जायेगा, जिसकी रिपोर्ट 1 सप्ताह में आ जाएगी। साथ ही अच्छे से मोनिटरिंग हो इसके लिए वहां हर व्यक्ति के मोबाइल में आरोग्य सेतु एप डाउनलोड करवाई जाएगी।
— Amit Shah (@AmitShah) June 14, 2020
भारत सरकार के स्वास्थ्य विभाग, दिल्ली सरकार के स्वास्थ्य विभाग, AIIMS और दिल्ली के तीनों म्युनिसिपल कारपोरेशन के डॉक्टर्स की एक संयुक्त टीम दिल्ली के सभी कोरोना अस्पतालों में जाकर वहाँ की स्वास्थ्य व्यवस्थाओं व कोरोना से लड़ने की तैयारियों का निरीक्षण कर एक रिपोर्ट तैयार करेगी।
— Amit Shah (@AmitShah) June 14, 2020
केंद्र सरकार ने दिल्ली में कोरोना संक्रमण को रोकने व इससे मजबूती से लड़ने के लिए दिल्ली सरकार को भारत सरकार के और पांच वरिष्ठ अधिकारी देने का निर्णय किया है।
— Amit Shah (@AmitShah) June 14, 2020
Among those who those who attended the meeting were Deputy Chief Minister of Delhi Manish Sisodia, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan, members of the State Disaster Management Authority and senior officers from the Home and Health ministries. The Union Home Minister is also likely to meet mayors of Delhi's three municipal corporations of North, South and East, as also commissioners of the civic bodies on Sunday evening on the ongoing coronavirus crisis in the national capital.
Amit Shah observed that a committee would be formed to ensure that in the case of treatment of COVID-19 patients in private hospitals treating coronavirus patients in Delhi, 60% of the beds are charged at a low rate. New guidelines will also be issued to ensure that people conducting last rites of the deceased will not have to wait for long periods.
The Centre has assured the Kejriwal government of the availability of key resources, like oxygen cylinders, ventilators, pulse oximeters among other things. The Union Home Minister also stated that a committee of senior AIIMS doctors will be formed to provide accurate information and necessary guidance to smaller hospitals in Delhi. The Home Minister said a helpline number with regard to this will be released tomorrow.
India, as per the update put out on Sunday morning by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, crossed the 3,20,000 mark. The death toll stands at 9192. Maharashtra continues to be the worst-hit state with over 1 lakh cases.
