For the previous few weeks, many states throughout the nation have been witnessing a surge in Covid instances and the sewage assessments performed for 3 weeks hinted in direction of the rise in Covid cases in Delhi as nicely.

The Centre additionally focuses on the six states — Kerala, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu and Delhi — the place a surge has been witnessed.

“A trend has been seen that when Maharashtra witnesses a surge, Delhi also sees a spike in cases due to the large number of international flights which land in Mumbai and Delhi. We are fully prepared for it,” stated Bharadwaj throughout a press convention after chairing an emergency assembly to evaluate the Covid state of affairs.

He stated Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal known as and spoke to him Wednesday night time concerning the assembly attended by virologists, epidemiologists, genome sequencing specialists, the director normal of well being companies and the particular secretary (well being).

“The entire team who handled the Covid situation earlier sat today and discussed and monitored the whole situation closely,” he stated.

Bharadwaj stated the check positivity price was excessive as a result of the variety of assessments was low.

He stated that whereas there was no proposal to make masks obligatory, as per the sooner advisory, these with flu signs and people visiting hospitals ought to put on masks.

“Mock drill has been performed already. We have taken an replace on oxygen cylinders and liquid medical oxygen (LMO). The well being division will present the outcomes of the mock drill to the chief minister as a presentation on Friday at midday.

“We are on alert. Patients are not requiring hospitalisation so far, and ventilators and oxygen are also not much needed. Not even ten per cent of our total oxygen is being used,” he added.