Delhi Covid-19 Strategy

AIIMS Delhi Director Dr Randeep Guleria has said that there is a need to go back to all the strategies that were being followed six-seven months back to bring about a reduction in the number of COVID-19 cases as the country was seeing a "huge strain"

Coronavirus vaccines will be given in the first phase to around nine lakh healthcare and frontline workers in the national capital, Delhi Health Minister Satyendra Jain on Sunday charted out the strategy of inoculation drive in the national capital, hours after two coronavirus vaccines got approval for emergency use in the country.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today emphasized the need for both safety and speed in vaccine distribution, saying "whichever vaccine India gives its citizens will be safe on all scientific standards". "Our priority is to make vaccine available for all. States should put in the necessary mechanism including cold storage," he added at an online meetin...

Delhi has been reporting over 5,000 coronavirus cases everyday for the last seven days. This has prompted the Home Ministry to review the situation in the national capital. In a meeting chaired by Home Secretary Ajay Kumar Bhalla, they discussed strategy for the city that is likely seeing a third surge in COVID-19 cases.

Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain on Thursday said the AAP government has changed its anti-Corona strategy by conducting aggressive tracing and testing in the city, citing it as one of the reasons for a sudden spike in COVID-19 cases in the past few days.

The National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) in its revised strategy for COVID-19 control in Delhi has recommended rationalising contact-tracing after workplaces in the city started emerging as hotspots of coronavirus.

Lt Governor Anil Baijal today directed officials to significantly augment Delhi's Covid testing capacity by taking measures like "testing on demand", testing at the national capital's border points and at major construction sites to check the spread of COVID-19.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah met Sunday with Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal to discuss the coronavirus situation and decided to hold more "robust" contact tracing and revamp the containment zone strategy

There are "no plans" for another lockdown in Delhi, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal tweeted today, rejecting speculation alongside a spurt in coronavirus cases in the capital. Mr Kejriwal put out the clarification shortly after an all-party meeting called by Home Minister Amit Shah to discuss the virus strategy for Delhi and its neighbouring areas.

Delhi Lieutenant Governor (LG) Anil Baijal has directed all district magistrates to implement a "micro-containment zone strategy" in their respective areas to arrest the spread of COVID-19, an official said.

AIIMS Delhi Director Dr Randeep Guleria has said that there is a need to go back to all the strategies that were being followed six-seven months back to bring about a reduction in the number of COVID-19 cases as the country was seeing a "huge strain"

Coronavirus vaccines will be given in the first phase to around nine lakh healthcare and frontline workers in the national capital, Delhi Health Minister Satyendra Jain on Sunday charted out the strategy of inoculation drive in the national capital, hours after two coronavirus vaccines got approval for emergency use in the country.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today emphasized the need for both safety and speed in vaccine distribution, saying "whichever vaccine India gives its citizens will be safe on all scientific standards". "Our priority is to make vaccine available for all. States should put in the necessary mechanism including cold storage," he added at an online meetin...

Delhi has been reporting over 5,000 coronavirus cases everyday for the last seven days. This has prompted the Home Ministry to review the situation in the national capital. In a meeting chaired by Home Secretary Ajay Kumar Bhalla, they discussed strategy for the city that is likely seeing a third surge in COVID-19 cases.

Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain on Thursday said the AAP government has changed its anti-Corona strategy by conducting aggressive tracing and testing in the city, citing it as one of the reasons for a sudden spike in COVID-19 cases in the past few days.

The National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) in its revised strategy for COVID-19 control in Delhi has recommended rationalising contact-tracing after workplaces in the city started emerging as hotspots of coronavirus.

Lt Governor Anil Baijal today directed officials to significantly augment Delhi's Covid testing capacity by taking measures like "testing on demand", testing at the national capital's border points and at major construction sites to check the spread of COVID-19.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah met Sunday with Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal to discuss the coronavirus situation and decided to hold more "robust" contact tracing and revamp the containment zone strategy

There are "no plans" for another lockdown in Delhi, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal tweeted today, rejecting speculation alongside a spurt in coronavirus cases in the capital. Mr Kejriwal put out the clarification shortly after an all-party meeting called by Home Minister Amit Shah to discuss the virus strategy for Delhi and its neighbouring areas.

Delhi Lieutenant Governor (LG) Anil Baijal has directed all district magistrates to implement a "micro-containment zone strategy" in their respective areas to arrest the spread of COVID-19, an official said.