The Delhi Public School (DPS) Bengaluru has clarified to all parents that the school management has not issued any face masks to students in the wake of COVID-19. The clarification came after photos of masks printed with the school name and logo became viral on social media. Accompanied with the image was the allegation that the school was charging Rs 400 per mask.
A Delhi government panel has suggested that the health infrastructure of the city should be used only for treating residents of the national capital in view of the COVID-19 crisis, sources said on Saturday. The panel, headed by Dr Mahesh Verma, has submitted its report to the government in which it has said that if Delhi health infrastructure is open for non-residents, all
This is the second time in the last two weeks that the recovery rate in Delhi has fallen to below 40 per cent. On June 4, the recovery rate reported was 39.58 per cent.
Delhi has sealed borders until 8 June over caseload and infrastructure concerns. Some doctors say the move will reduce burden, others call it denial of justice.
On Saturday, India's total of COVID-19 positive cases crossed 2.36 lakh while the number of fatalities rose to 6,348. Nearly 10,000 new cases and 294 deaths have been reported in the last 24 hours.
The investigative agency’s office in the national capital will remain shut on Saturday and Sunday. A special director working in ED’s Delhi office has also tested positive.
The massive rise in positive rates has led many experts to warn that unless enough tests are carried out, the quantum of cases will become unmanageable in the immediate future.
Delhi HC hearing a PIL seeking directions for registration of Construction Workers in the ‘Delhi Building & Other Construction Welfare Board’ so that construction laborers and workers may avail the benefits of the scheme during this lockdown period due to the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic.
The Bar Council of Delhi has filed a petition in the Delhi High Court seeking for directions to the Delhi Government to grant medical and term insurance policies to advocates registered under 'Chief Minister Advocates welfare scheme'.
It also pointed out that as why physical counters for receiving applications was shut despite the lockdown has been substantially lifted and that all government offices are functional.
Funeral pyres have been drafted in to burn the bodies of coronavirus victims in Delhi as crematorium furnaces struggle to keep up with the mounting death toll. Smoke from the open-air blazes stings the eyes of waiting mourners and workers at Nigambodh Ghat, Delhi's biggest and oldest crematorium.
Delhi Border Likely to Open: From June 1, the Delhi government decided to seal off the city for a week in the view of the increasing number of COVID-19 cases. It also asked Delhiites their opinion on whether the health services of Delhi hospitals be restricted to the treatment of only Delhi people.
