Delhi Deputy CM Manish Sisodia, after attending SDMA (State Disaster Management Authority) meet on COVID-19 said that the capital city would need 60 per cent more beds at reduced prices. As per estimates of the Health Department, there will be 1 lakh positive cases by June 30.
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The Centre in the meantime has recommended for reducing the rate of 25 per cent private hospital beds.
Delhi has a total number of 53,116 confirmed cases of coronavirus and has reported 2,035 deaths so far. With an increasing number of cases and medical workers being overwhelmed, the Centre has also cancelled leaves for doctors and paramedics in government hospitals in the capital.
Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday, after the DDMA meet opposed Lt Governor Anil Baijal's order for a five-day institutional quarantine for COVID-19 patients, saying why the separate rule was employed in case of Delhi, sources said.
At a DDMA meeting, Kejriwal said the ICMR has permitted home isolation for asymptomatic and mild symptom COVID-19 patients in the whole country, then why a separate rule was employed in case of Delhi, according to the sources.
“Most corona patients are asymptomatic or with mild symptoms, how will arrangements be made for them. The coaches provided by the Railways for isolation are hot inside where patients can not stay,” Kejriwal was quoted as saying at the meeting.
“Delhi government opposed LG's order on scrapping home isolation and no decision was taken on it. The matter will be discussed again in the evening,” Sisodia tweeted in Hindi.
Minutes before the meeting was to begin, Sisodia had said the Delhi government will oppose the LG order on home isolation.
The LG is the chairman of the DDMA.
On Friday, he ordered a five-day institutional quarantine for all asymptomatic COVID-19 patients or those with mild symptoms in place of home isolation.
According to Deputy CM Sisodia, they failed to reach an agreement at the meeting and will meet again at 5 pm to reach a consensus.
— With PTI inputs
