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Amit Shah asked Delhi's LNJP Hospital to focus on work and not pay heed to negative reports: AAP MP

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Centre will take all necessary steps to check Covid-19 spread in Delhi: Amit Shah

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday said that the central government will take all necessary steps to check the spread of Covid-19 in Delhi.

 

Chairing a meeting of all political parties in Delhi on the Covid-19 situation, the minister said, We all have to stand united under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the fight against the pandemic." The Union Home Minister directed the Centre, Delhi government and all three Municipal Corporations of Delhi to ensure proper implementation of the decisions including house-to-house survey and coronavirus testing to the lowest level.

 

"The main aim of this meeting is to win the fight against coronavirus with mutual coordination. We have to turn the country and the national capital corona free, healthy and prosperous at the earliest under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. This will be possible with the cooperation and coordination of all concerned," Shah said.

 

The Home Minister asked the Delhi government, all three mayors and the Municipal Corporations of Delhi to work together and implement the decisions taken in this morning's meeting, according to an official release by the Ministry of Home Affairs.

6:41 PM

Delhi govt reversed multiple decisions during Covid-19 pandemic after facing flak

From rescinding its directive to convert small and medium nursing homes into dedicated Covid-19 facilities to withdrawing its order on "indiscriminately" sending doctors and other medical workers in quarantine, the Delhi government has reversed its own instructions during the pandemic, much after facing flak from the medical community.

 

On June 14, the city government withdrew its order to convert small and medium nursing homes into dedicated Covid-19 facilities.

 

This was not the only order that the AAP government had to withdraw. However, the reversal of the decision came after intense criticism from the Delhi Medical Association (DMA), which said the move will harm the healthcare needs of non-Covid-19 patients. According to a new order issued by the Delhi government on Sunday, the decision to declare nursing homes as Covid facilities was "withdrawn with immediate effect".

6:30 PM

Coronavirus LIVE: Delhi govt asks labs to increase their Covid-19 testing capacity

The Delhi Government on Monday issued an order to private and government laboratories, asking them to work with their full capacity and increase their COVID-19 testing capacity.

 

As per the order, private labs will have to give results within 48 hours. Samples will be collected based on ICMR guidelines and no sample will be collected without RT-PCR App. There are 42 labs in Delhi including 18 government and 24 private. Union Home Minister Amit Shah, along with Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan, chaired a meeting on Sunday in which Delhi Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal and Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal were present.

 

Shah announced a series of measures to tackle the disease in the national capital including increasing testing three times in six days, providing 500 converted rail coaches to add 8,000 beds and steps for the availability of 60 per cent coronavirus beds in private hospitals at lower rates.

6:24 PM

HC notice to Delhi govt on plea challenging circular suspending legal consultation of inmates

The Delhi High Court on Monday issued notice to Delhi government on a plea seeking quashing of a circular dated March 25 suspending legal consultation of the inmates with advocates of their choice in Delhi prison in view of Covid-19 pandemic.

 

The petition, filed by lawyer Ajit P Singh through advocate Lav Kumar Agrawal, is seeking to allow legal interviews between jail inmates with the advocates of their choice. A division bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Prateek Jalan asked Delhi government to file a reply on the petition and listed the matter for hearing on June 29.

 

The petitioner submitted that the circular issued by the Director-General (Prison), who is working under the respondent government, has violated Article 21 of the Constitution of India by not allowing the inmates of Delhi Prison to take legal advice and consultations by way of personal meetings and peruse their cases by way of Advocate of their choice.

5:58 PM

Centre providing 500 isolation coaches to Delhi govt, says CPRO Northern Railway

In a bid to combat Covid-19, the Central government is providing a total of 500 isolation coaches to Delhi Government, said Northern Railway CPRO Deepak Kumar on Monday.

 

"Central government is providing 500 isolation coaches to Delhi government to help in the fight against Covid-19. A total of 50 coaches have already been deployed at Shakur Basti containing 900 beds. Around 180 coaches will be placed at Anand Vihar and some at another station by tomorrow," Kumar told ANI. "By tomorrow, 250 coaches will be in place. The remaining 250 coaches will be deployed quickly after identifying the areas in a joint survey by the Delhi government and Railways," he added.

 

Meanwhile, train services have been suspended from today at Anand Vihar railway station as all of its platforms have been reserved for the deployment of isolation coaches for coronavirus patients.

 

According to a Railways official, all five trains running from Anand Vihar station in east Delhi will now operate from Old Delhi Railway Station.

5:44 PM

Amit Shah visits LNJP Hospital, holds meeting with officials to review coronavirus preparedness

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday afternoon visited Lok Nayak Jaiprakash (LNJP) Hospital and interacted with the management.

 

The minister reached LNJP Hospital after holding an all-party meeting over COVID-19 situation in Delhi. The hospital administration briefed the Home Minister about the number of patients they have handled in the fight against COVID -19 and surgeries and deliveries done. Amit Shah also enquired about the number of patients the hospital has received and how many of them recovered and succumbed to death.

 

He also asked about the number of people who were from Delhi and from other parts of the country who got treatment at the hospital. The hospital administration gave Shah details sought by him. They claimed that 97 per cent of COVID-19 patients went back home after getting treatment. At the all-party meeting, Shah appealed to workers of all political parties to ensure that decisions taken by the Central Government in the interest of the residents of Delhi are implemented in the earnest at the ground level.

5:32 PM

We have to improve Covid-19 testing capacity with newer techniques: Home Minister Amit Shah

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Gear up for more Covid-19 testing, process samples within 48 hours: Delhi govt to labs, hospitals

The Delhi government has directed all laboratories and hospitals to work on their full potential and ramp up COVID-19 testing capacity to meet the increased demand of processing samples. In an order issued on Sunday, Health Secretary Padmini Singla also called for processing the samples within a maximum of 48 hours.

 

"It has been decided to scale up lab testing immediately to effectively contain COVID-19 cases in Delhi. There is no upper limit to send samples to private sector labs, provided they undertake to process the same within the stipulated time frame, that is 24 hours (preferably) and maximum within 48 hours," the order said.

 

It also directed public and private sector laboratories "to work on their full potential and also further ramp up their testing capacity on priority to meet the increased demand of processing".

5:07 PM

Amit Shah appeals to all Delhi political parties to urge workers to ensure Delhi govt Covid-19 guidelines implemented on ground

I appeal to workers of all political parties to ensure that decisions taken by the Central Government in the interest of the residents of Delhi are implemented in earnest at the ground level: Home Minister Amit Shah after an all-party meeting on the Covid-19 situation in Delhi.

5:02 PM

Three days institutional quarantine for those coming to Karnataka from Chennai and Delhi: CM

Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa on Monday said those coming to the state from Chennai and Delhi will have to undergo three days of institutional quarantine followed by 11 days of home isolation. Up till now a seven-day institutional quarantine was prescribed for those returning from Maharashtra, while there was no mandatory institutional quarantine for asymptomatic people returning to Karnataka from other states.

 

Those returning from states other than Maharashtra were asked to quarantine themselves at home.

 

"Those coming from Maharashtra are subjected to seven days of institutional quarantine followed by seven days of home quarantine, while those coming from Chennai and Delhi will have to go for three days of institutional quarantine and eleven days of home quarantine," Yediyurappa said.

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Home Minister Amit Shah visits Delhi's LNJP hospital to review Covid-19 preparedness

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Home Minister Amit Shah at Delhi's LNJP hospital to review preparedness related to coronavirus

Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday visited the LNJP hospital here to review the preparedness to fight Covid-19, officials said.

 

He met senior doctors in the conference room of the hospital who briefed him about the number of patients treated at the facility, deaths there and admissions from outside Delhi, among others,

 

Shah asked about the deaths of Covid-19 patients in the hospital, recovery rate and other details, they said.

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Home Minister Amit Shah at Delhi's LNJP hospital to review preparedness related to coronavirus

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NATHEALTH urges Delhi govt to mandate hospitals topublish Covid-19 treatment charges

Apex healthcare industry body NATHEALTH on Monday said it has urged the Delhi government to mandate the hospitals to publish their treatment charges for Covid-19.

 

In a representation to DelhiHealth MinisterSatyendar Kumar Jain on 'Covid Package Pricing', NATHEALTHalso recommended the appointment of an ombudsman at zonal level to inspect the complaints of overcharging. The representation highlights the unprecedented challenges being faced by private healthcare providers in Covid-19 treatment, it added.

 

"Pricing is a factor of quality of infrastructure, level of services, medical protocol followed, brands of medicines used, skill and salaries of doctors and staff and more importantly the medical outcomes," NATHEALTH said.