There Is No Possibility Of Lockdown: Delhi Health Minister As Cases Rise

Mumbai: The daily new COVID-19 cases in the national capital continue to rise, with Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain saying on Saturday that the lockdown is not a solution to combat the growing coronavirus infection.

“There is no possibility of a lockdown. There has already been a lockdown and there was an argument behind it. At the time, no one knew how the virus spread. It was then said that there is a 14-day cycle from being infected to ending the infection. Then the expert said that if all the activities are locked for 21 days, the virus will stop spreading. Even then the lockdown kept extending but despite this, the coronavirus spread did not stop. I think lockdown is not a solution,” said Satyendar Jain.

“Previously there were fewer cases, but now it has increased. So we’ve increased the number of tests and done 85,000-90,000 trials every day, which is more than 5 per cent of the national average. We are also doing contact tracing and isolation,” he said.

He further stated that the hospital has adequate beds for COVID-19 patients. “Hospitals have a sufficient number of beds so far. Occupancy is now around 20 per cent, 80 per cent of the beds are empty. We are monitoring this, if occupancy increases, we will increase the number of beds,” the health minister added.

Delhi on Friday reported 1,534 new COVID-19 cases, 971 recoveries, and 9 deaths. The total cases surged to 6,54,276 including 6,051 active cases and 6,37,238 total recoveries. However, the death toll touched 10,987 including the new deaths.

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