Don’t leave home unless vital: Kejri to Delhiites
The Covid-19 situation in Delhi is “very serious”, with 10,732 cases in the last 24 hours, the highest since the pandemic began, chief minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Sunday as he issued a stark warning: “Don’t step out of your homes unless it is urgent”.
“The fourth wave is more dangerous than the previous one,” he said at a press conference.
In just a few weeks, Delhi has gone from less than 100 cases reported on a single day on February 16, to an exploding pandemic.
The CM said his government doesn’t want to impose lockdown in Delhi but that it might be forced to do so if the city falls short of hospital beds for serious patients. “We need your cooperation. If your cooperation is received and the situation at hospitals is under control, there will be no need for a lockdown in Delhi. But if beds in hospitals are unavailable, a lockdown may have to be imposed,” he said.
The Covid-19 situation in Delhi is “very serious”, chief minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Sunday as he issued a stark warning — do not step out of homes unless it is urgent.
“The fourth wave is more dangerous than the previous wave. The government is closely monitoring the situation, ”said Kejriwal at a press conference.
In just a few weeks, Delhi has gone from near normalcy — with less than 100 cases reported on a single day on February 16, to an exploding pandemic, a grim reminder that the virus is contributing to extract its toll.
He said the current fourth wave of the pandemic in the city is “very dangerous” and is spreading at such a rapid rate that it has left many people baffled.
“Cases have escalated in a big way in the last 10-15 days. And, in the past 24 hours, the city has recorded 10,732 cases. The situation is very serious.
The chief minister said that his government does not want to impose lockdown in Delhi but such a situation may arise if there is a rush to the hospitals and beds are unavailable for serious patients.
“We need your cooperation. If your cooperation is received and the situation of hospitals is under control, there will be no need to impose lockdown in Delhi,” he said.