Coronavirus pandemic in Delhi is under control, government doing all it can: Health Minister Satyendar Jain. On Sunday, Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain said the coronavirus pandemic situation in Delhi is under control and the government is carrying out containment, contact tracing and isolation to curb the spread of the virus.
Satyendar Jain said, “Dr Paul expert committee had said that due to winter and festive season cases (of the coronavirus disease per day) can spike up to 12,000-14,000 but right now it is around 4,000 so the situation is contained. We are focused on containment, contact tracing and isolation to tackle the situation.”
Coronavirus pandemic in Delhi is under control, government doing all it can: Health Minister Satyendar Jain
Dr VK Paul said that hospitals in Delhi should prepare for 1500 daily cases in the winter season as there will be a spike in respiratory illness along with covid 19 cases. Satyendar Jain referred to this report of a high-level expert committee that was led by NITI Aayog member Dr VK Paul.
The committee stated three reasons for the surge in cases in winters. Firstly, winter months make respiratory illnesses severe and secondly, patients may come from outside Delhi in huge numbers. Thirdly, patients from distant areas might be more serious. Also with the upcoming festival season, there can be a sudden rise in the number of cases.
The second wave of covid may be seen in winters: Paul
Dr VK Paul is the head of National Expert Group on Vaccine administration for covid 19 known as NEGVAC. Earlier, Paul said that the second wave may be seen in winters as he cited the rising cases in Europe.
