COVID-19: Misbehaviour With Doctors, Nurses Won’t Be Tolerated: Kejriwal

Mumbai: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Thursday that those who misbehave with doctors and nurses who treat COVID-19 patients will be punished severely.

“There is a need to understand that doctors and nurses are saving our lives. Despite being affected by coronovirus they are treating COVID-19 patients. Instead of appreciating them, we are misbehaving with them. I would like to warn the people that any misbehaviour with them will not be tolerated. Strictest punishment will be given to such people,” Chief Minister Kejriwal said at a daily media briefing.

“In a meeting with L-G and Delhi Police officials today, we have decided that such incidents will not be tolerated. I am happy that the people who assaulted the doctors in Gautam Nagar are in police custody.”

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Earlier today, Kejriwal held a meeting of medical directors with superintendents of government and private hospitals in Delhi through video-conferencing to formulate a strategy for early identification of COVID-19 patients in the national capital.

Currently, there are 669 cases of coronovirus in the national capital, including 426, from the Tablighi Jamaat incident in Nizamuddin Markaz last month.

The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said the total number of coronavirus positive cases in India rose to 5,865 on Thursday, with 591 fresh COVID-19 cases and 20 deaths in the last 24 hours.

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Among the total cases include 5,218 active cases, 478 cured, discharged, and migrated cases and 169 deaths. (

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