Delhi has finally got its testing strategy right. These may be reflecting as higher positive numbers, which have pushed the national capital ahead of financial capital Mumbai but this will be paid back with fewer infections...
Shah said a house-to-house health survey will be conducted in containment zones across Delhi to improve contact mapping. The survey report will be available within a week, he said. At present, there are 241 containment zones across the city, according to officials, and aggressive contact tracing is needed in an equal number of buffer zones across these hotspots.
In a strongly-worded statement, the MEA said “at the heart of the matter is that since early May, the Chinese side has been amassing a large contingent of troops and armaments along the LAC”.
In the past 10 days, Delhi has been conducting 13,000 to 18,000 tests every day on an average. Before that, the capital was conducting only 6,500 tests every day on an average.
The differences between the Delhi government and the Centre continues over the protocol for coronavirus patients, with the home ministry standing by the decision taken at a meeting chaired by Home Minister Amit Shah on June 21, which was also attended by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal.
The Delhi High Court on Thursday was displeased that the Centre and AAP government officers were not verifying whether the hospitals in the national capital are giving real time data of availability of beds and asked them to "tighten" their administration and take stern action against "adamant hospitals" which violate the guidelines.
A Delhi court Thursday allowed Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) University student Asif Iqbal Tanha, booked under anti-terror law, Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, in connection with communal violence in north east Delhi in February, to meet his counsel in jail for legal interview.
The India Meteorological Department on Thursday declared the onset of monsoon in the national capital, two days earlier than the usual date of June 27.
Indian climate and health experts say high pollution levels impact the immunity of people, making them more susceptible to Covid-19. This echoes a similar finding in a Harvard study.
Slamming Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday, BJP MP Subramanian Swamy has said that the national capital has now become 'international shame'
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NEW DELHI: The southwest monsoon is likely to hit Delhi in the next 48 hours, covering large parts of National Capital Region by Thursday, IMD forecas.
The official had last visited the court premises on June 19 and had come in contact with the personal assistant posted in the judge's court, said the circular.
In a week marked by flip-flops by Delhi lieutenant-governor Anil Baijal on Covid-19 management, the capital has once again gone back to its old system of home isolation for asymptomatic and mild symptom Covid-19 patients after a check-up by medical team at home.
The Union health ministry, in its 'Clinical Management Protocols for COVID-19', recommended the use of the Remdesivir on patients in moderate stage of the disease that is, those on oxygen.
