New Delhi:
The Aam Aadmi Party-led government in Delhi has informed the High Court that, for now, no overnight curfew would be imposed in the national capital, or parts of it, in light of the COVID-19 situation.
After assessing the situation, the Delhi government has taken a thoughtful stance not to introduce restrictions on movement at night, the status report presented to the court read.
“The Government of Delhi has been taking all necessary measures, as required and demanded, by the ever-changing circumstances and (remains) committed to making all possible efforts to stop the spread of COVID-19 in the national capital,” it reported the Superior Court. .
The government’s response came a week after the court ordered Arvind Kejriwal’s waiver to decide “immediately” on the night curfew in Delhi and implement it without delay.
Many states, including Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Gujarat, have implemented night curfews for varying periods to control the spread of the highly contagious novel coronavirus.
The directive was issued amid a third wave of coronavirus infections that the city has been unable to rid itself of in a month.
The record increase, with 8,600 cases a day on November 10, also invited sharp comments from the Supreme Court, which said “worse things will happen in December if states are not well prepared.”
According to a central government report, Delhi can see up to 15,000 cases a day in the winter months.
Recently in the Supreme Court, after being accused by the center of “failing to take effective measures to curb the spread of COVID-19”, the Delhi government presented statistics to show its “consistent efforts” that led to a “trend toward drop “in the spread of COVID-19 infections since last week.
Daily numbers of coronavirus infection in Delhi have dropped to around 4,000 in recent days, but deaths remain relatively high.
The third wave, which started in the last week of October, has been Delhi’s most severe so far. At least 2,600 people have died from COVID-19 in November alone, government data shows. The number of patients with severe symptoms, exacerbated by air pollution due to stubble burning and Diwali, requiring hospitalization had overwhelmed the city’s health infrastructure as ICU beds were rapidly filling, leading to concern.
The situation prompted the High Court to reconsider its decision, allowing the Delhi government to reserve 80% of the beds in 33 of its hospitals for Covid patients.
On the same day, the central government also held an emergency meeting with Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal to publish a 12-point set of measures, including more doctors, hospital beds, and increased testing with a focus on testing. RT-PCR.
Although the center had promised that daily tests would be increased to more than 1 lakh per day, it remains around the 60,000 mark that Delhi has maintained for months.
Delhi’s COVID-19 count is 5.7 lakh with 9,342 deaths. It is among the worst affected states in India, which has reported more than 95.3 lakh of Covid cases and 1.3 lakh of related deaths.
.
