Govt dismisses rumors of ‘strict lock down’ in Delhi from June 18

The federal government on Sunday dismissed rumors of “strict lock down” in Delhi from June 18 amid rising numbers of corona virus instances. The Press Data Bureau (PIB) tweeted by its Face Check Twitter deal with saying that such a publish on one social media platform was faux and that there was no such plan into consideration. “False & Baseless. Please don’t imagine rumors,” it added.

“Declare: A message on Fb claiming strict #Lock down from 18th June,” the PIB Truth Examine account tweeted. “#PIBFactCheck: It is #Faux. There isn’t any such plan into consideration. Please watch out for hearsay mongers.”

India first went underneath a lock down on March 25 for beginning 21 days. Nevertheless, after subsequent extensions, the lock down was prolonged till June 30.

Delhi has a complete 22,742 energetic corona virus instances and has reported 1,271 deaths. As many as 14,945 individuals have recovered from the illness. In the meantime, within the wake of a steep rise within the variety of instances in Delhi and the projections made by the town authorities for the tally to succeed in 5.5 lakh by July-end, Union Dwelling Minister Amit Shah, Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal and Delhi Lt Governor Anil Baijal met at present within the nationwide capital to debate the COVID-19 scenario in Delhi.

After the assembly, Amit Shah mentioned the Modi authorities is totally dedicated to controlling the unfold of the corona virus in Delhi. “In view of the scarcity of beds for COVID-19 sufferers in Delhi, the Modi authorities on the Center has determined to right away give 500 railway coaches to Delhi. These railway coaches will not solely improve eight,000 beds in Delhi however these coaches might be geared up with all services to combat COVID-19,” mentioned the Dwelling Minister.

Amit Shah mentioned that a committee has been fashioned for the remedy of corona virus sufferers in personal hospitals. The committee might be led by Dr Paul and it’ll work to offer 60% of the COVID beds in personal hospitals at low charges. The committee will submit its first report by tomorrow. The Center can even arrange one other committee of senior docs to help smaller hospitals in coping with corona virus sufferers, these docs will present telephonic steerage to those hospitals.

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