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New Delhi : Union Home Minister Amit Shah on June 28, 2020, said Modi Government is handling the Covid situation very appropriately and the situation in Delhi is under control. In an interview to a news agency, Shah said, “There is no community spread in Delhi and there is no reason to worry.”
Shah said, “Deputy Chief Minister of Delhi Manish Sisodia, in a statement made during the second week of June, had said that the situation in Delhi is bad and that by the end of July the Covid infected population in capital Delhi would rise to 5.5 lakh causing anxiety among the residents.” He said, “Normally it is the responsibility of the Delhi Government to take necessary steps to tackle the Covid situation, but Government of India stepped in to coordinate the efforts after the comments made by Deputy CM.”
Shah said he convened a coordination meeting on June 14, 2020, so that Central Government could help the Delhi Government in tackling the situation. Due to more testing now, there is a jump in the infection rate, but on the flip side there is an advantage that those who have been tested and found positive will be kept in isolation, which will help in checking the spread of infection, he said
Shah said, “There are 30,000 beds available today compared to 9,937 beds as on June 14. As a result, we are in a much better situation today as against the situation that prevailed in the beginning of June. House-to-house survey in all Containment Zones in Delhi will be completed by June 30. Besides, serological survey has also been started.”
Reiterating that Delhi has not yet reached the stage of Community Transmission, Shah said testing is being scaled up, there is no need to panic. Delhi Government had announced a ban on treatment of outside patients in hospitals run by the Delhi Government. Shah said, “Delhi being the national capital, people from different states come here for treatment. Central Government overturned this decision to make sure that the rightful treatment is given to everyone,” Shah said.
The Union Home Minister said, “Earlier last rites were not being conducted in the rightful manner so at the meeting held with Delhi Government, it was decided that the last rites of all the deceased lying in hospitals would be done within two days according to the customs of the religion to which they belonged to, and now there is no pendency on this account.”
Shah said, “The high rates of COVID-19 treatment in private hospitals was bothering the citizens of Delhi. Therefore, a decision was taken to reduce the rates for beds and treatment which provided relief to the people of Delhi.”
Shah said, “The global rate is 1,250 per 10 lakh persons while the infection rate in India is only 357. Today the recovery rate in India is 57 percent while in March it was 7.1 percent.” He said that if a person has even slightest of symptoms, he should get tested and in cases of people developing very serious symptoms, they should shift to isolation centres in the interest of their families. This will help in stopping the COVID-19 infections.
Shah said, “63 lakh migrants travelled on about 4,594 trains to their native places. Around 42 lakh migrants travelled through various forms of transport and in total about 1.20 crore people were moved from one place to another. Recently the Prime Minister had announced an employment scheme for migrants. Government of India has started a special scheme for the employment of migrants. Wages under MNREGA have been increased.”