India Coronavirus Dispatch: NCDC report notes shortcomings in Delhi model

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Virus spreading from offices to families: A report by the National Centre for Disease Control notes that contact tracing of Covid-19 cases in Delhi has been “very limited since the beginning” and says it needs to be “more rationalised”. The report is yet to be made public and has bee submitted the Delhi government. Further, the report points towards gaps in healthcare system leading to patients being brought dead to hospitals. It also notes that the patients being brought in dead in terms of proportion of total cases are 15 per cent in RML, 6.5 per cent in SJH and