With nearly 62,000 coronavirus cases, Delhi has 261
containment zones.
Delhi recorded a jump of nearly 4,000
new infections on Tuesday
New
Delhi: Every house in Delhi will
be screened by July 6 as a part of a new plan to check the spread of
coronavirus. Delhi has the second highest number of coronavirus cases in the
country; on Tuesday, it recorded the biggest single-day jump of 3,947 new
infections, the highest reported by any state so far.
All houses in the
containment zones will be screened by June 30, the Arvind Kejriwal government
has said, under the new Covid response plan released after a series of meetings
between Union Home Minister Amit Shah and the Chief Minister over the last
week. With nearly 62,000 coronavirus cases, Delhi has 261 containment zones,
the worst-affected neighborhoods by the outbreak.
Surveillance and contact
tracing will be strengthened in these neighborhoods that have been sealed
to break the chain of transmission.
"More than 2,500 new
cases and upto 75 deaths (are) being reported every day (in Delhi). About 45
per cent of the cases (in containment zones) are showing signs of clustering in
containment zones," the Delhi government said.
Delhi overtook Tamil Nadu
on Sunday as the second worst-hit state by the pandemic after Maharashtra. More
than 2,000 deaths linked to COVID-19 have been reported so far.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah and
Arvind Kejriwal met thrice in a week over COVID-19 situation
A strict monitoring plan will now be implemented at
district-level as per the revised strategy. The COVID-19 task forces in
districts - that was earlier supervised only by the district magistrates - will
have the district commissioner of police, civic body officials, epidemiologists
from the MCD (Municipal Corporation of Delhi), and IT professionals to monitor
Aarogya Setu app, used by the government for contact-tracing.
It shall be ensured that
Aarogya Setu app is downloaded by all, especially in the worst-affected
neighborhoods, the state government said.
In containment zones,
movement will be restricted by police by use of CCTV cameras and and the
government is preparing to step up efforts for "testing and
isolation". "Rapid antigen testing will be done in such areas as per
the guidelines of the ICMR (Indian Council of Medical Research),"
according to the revised guidelines.
The state task force will be
headed by the Chief Minister.
In densely populated areas,
arrangements will be made to be send patients to COVID-19 care centres. All
symptomatic and asymptomatic cases will be tested in containment zones between
5th and 10 day.
Twenty-thousand samples will be collected as a part of a sero survey, to
estimate prevalence of coronavirus in the national capital, which will start on
Saturday (June 27). The results will be released on July 10.
Two hotels - Ginger Hotel
and Tulip Hotel - have been dedicated as Covid care centrs for healthcare
workers as the government renews efforts to prevent the frontline workers from
contracting the virus.
On Sunday, the centre asked
the Delhi government to report every death as Amit Shah met Arvind Kejriwal for
the third time in a week.
All coronavirus patients
will have to go to COVID-19 care centres and those who have facilities at home
and have no co-morbidity can avail home isolation in Delhi, the centre said,
hours after the Delhi government issued a revised order on home quarantine.
This morning, Arvind
Kejriwal tweeted: "Delhi's home isolation plan has been working very well.
I have personally spoken to many patients on phone who underwent home
isolation. I wud urge Centre and LG not to tinker wid it and restore it
back."
Amid rising number of cases,
the Delhi government was sharply rebuked by the Supreme Court earlier this
month that said the situation in the city was "horrendous, horrific and
pathetic".
Across India, the
coronavirus tally has soared to 4.4 lakh infections.
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