The Delhi government's decision came after Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal overruled the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government's order to test only for symptomatic patients.
The decision will bring relief to patients and their families from outside Delhi who are seeking treatment during the COVID-19 pandemic. Watch video on Zee News
As a society we need to show enormous amount of resilience and generosity to help our community and the entire eco system to tide over this crucial time.
Coronavirus LIVE Updates: Covid-19 cases in the country crossed the 2.66 lakh-mark today after the biggest one-day surge of 9,987 cases was reported amid easing of curbs from yesterday after over two months of lockdown.
The police registered a case against the hospital’s Medical Superintendent on a complaint from Amit Kumar Pamasi, Deputy Secretary Health and Family Welfare of Delhi government.
While one charge sheet named 17 persons as accused, other was filed against six persons for the offences of murder, rioting, unlawful assembly, promoting enmity between groups.
The intellectuals and academicians then stressed that Delhi Police appealed to local leaders of the affected areas to help maintain peace and harmony, especially on Friday.
Coronavirus News LIVE Updates: The death toll due to COVID-19 rose to 7,466 and the number of cases climbed to 2,66,598 in the country after it registered 266 fatalities and a record single-day spike of 9,987 cases till Tuesday 8 am, according to the Union Health Ministry data. India is the fifth worst-hit nation by the COVID-19 pandemic after the US, Brazil, Russia and the UK, according to the Johns Hopkins University data. Out of the total 7,466 fatalities, Maharashtra tops the tally with 3,169 deaths followed by Gujarat with 1,280 deaths, Delhi with 874. The highest number of confirmed cases in the country are from Maharashtra at 88,528 followed by Tamil Nadu at 33,229, Delhi at 29,943, Gujarat at 20,545, Uttar Pradesh at 10,947, Rajasthan at 10,763.Get latest Healthcare online at cnbctv18.com
The joint meeting likely to be held next week will discuss ways to bring the region out of the lockdown.Centre also asks UP and Haryana to suggest ways to reopen satellite towns
Such controversies over the number of dead come on top of the ones on how many tests the capital is carrying out; the state’s daily medical bulletin has one number while another set of numbers is given to the Delhi high court.
Coronavirus latest news: The global tally of coronavirus cases stands at 7,189,861, and 408,240 people have died from the disease so far. Stay tuned for latest updates
In today's episode we look at some of Delhi's criticised policies in the handling of COVID-19, the Congress losing MLAs in Gujarat ahead of Rajya Sabha polls and the reopening of religious places after over two months.
The note said police made “efforts to reason with protesters. However, instead of clearing the road, the crowd led by women turned into a violent mob and suddenly attacked the deployed police force..."
A day after overruling two key decisions of the Arvind Kejriwal government, Delhi Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal has called an "all-party meeting" to discuss the coronavirus situation in the capital.
