NEW DELHI: Ashwani Jain succumbed to the coronavirus in an ambulance as his family pleaded with several hospitals to take him in, the latest victim of the pandemic sweeping through the Indian capital and exposing a deadly shortage of hospital beds.
Warning signals were available in April. Nationally, 27 tests were turning up one positive case then, but in Delhi, one positive case was popping up in 10 tests. On Saturday, June 13, one in three tested turned out to be positive
The Delhi Police had booked Safoora, a Jamia Millia Islamia student, under the UAPA in a case of communal violence in northeast Delhi over the CAA in February.
Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal on Sunday inspected the site of a proposed 10,000-bed makeshift hospital for COVID-19 patients in South Delhi. The planned COVID-19 facility will come up under a sprawling tent on the campus of spiritual organisation Radha Soami Satsang Beas on the Delhi-Haryana border. The LG visited the site along with a team of officials, including South
As the COVID-19 cases in Delhi spikes, Home Minister Amit Shah holds meeting with Delhi government over the prominent concern. Union Health Minister Dr Harshvardhan, Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal, Principal Secretary of Delhi attends the meeting. Watch video on Zee News
As the number of coronavirus cases continues to rise in the national capital, nearly 30 COVID19 dedicated hospitals in Delhi have no empty ventilators in it. Maximum ventilators at the private hospitals are getting occupied rapidly and currently, only 217 ventilators are left empty in Delhi's hospitals for corona patients.
In the view of the shortage of beds in the national capital for COVID-19 patients, the Home Minister also announced that the Centre has decided to provide 500 railway coaches to Delhi.
A 19-year-old truck driver from Delhi, who died in an accident in Shimla, has tested positive for the novel coronavirus, a senior health official said on Sunday. The man had sustained injuries while unloading goods in the city on Saturday night, following which he was taken to the Indira Gandhi Medical College (IGMC), where he breathed his last few hours later.
Speaking to media, in the view of the shortage of beds in the national capital for COVID-19 patients, Shah said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi government will provide 500 railway coaches to Delhi in view of shortage of beds for COVID-19 patients.
The Delhi government has announced that all nursing homes with 10 to 49 beds are to be used as COVID-only facilities. However, specialized centres for eye, IVF, ENT as well as maternity homes have been exempted.
CAIT also requested to meet Lieutenant-Governor Anil Baijal regarding the problems faced by city traders since the opening of the markets after almost two months of coronavirus triggered lockdown.
New Delhi, June 14
Home Minister Amit Shah said on Sunday the central government would ramp up COVID-19 tests in the national capital---a development that comes as coronavirus tally touched nearly 39
Shimla, Jun 14 () A 19-year-old truck driver from Delhi, who died in an accident in Shimla, has tested positive for the novel coronavirus, a senior health
Students, says the MHA order, can’t be evicted for defaulting on rent. Yet hundreds of UPSC aspirants in the capital are being thrown out by their landlords
Delhi govt has estimated that it could need 80,000 beds by the end of July, and warned hotels and wedding venues that they are likely to be turned into hospitals.Arvind Kejriwal has accused private hospitals of lying about available beds and promised tough action if they were found extorting money
