COVID-19 Update: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal will convene an emergency meeting today (December 22) amid a sudden spurt in COVID-19 cases in several countries, officials said.
He said the Delhi government is monitoring the COVID-19 situation and the chief minister has directed the health department to ensure genome sequencing of samples and take other steps necessary to deal with any eventuality.
Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia and other senior officials of the Health Department will also be present in the meeting to be held on Thursday.
“The Delhi government is on alert. CM Kejriwal has called an emergency meeting tomorrow regarding coronavirus,” an official said on Wednesday (December 21).
Amid a spurt in COVID-19 cases in Japan, South Korea, Brazil, China and the US, the central government on Tuesday (December 20) urged all states and union territories to undertake whole genome sequencing of positive samples to keep track be accelerated. Emerging variants.
In a letter to states and union territories, Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan had said that such an exercise would enable timely detection of new variants, if any, running in the country and facilitate necessary public health measures Will provide
The public health challenge of COVID-19 still remains worldwide, with about 3.5 million cases reported weekly.
Delhi COVID Tally:
As per the data shared by the health department on Wednesday, Delhi recorded five COVID-19 cases with a positivity rate of 0.19 per cent. One death was also registered in this. With the fresh cases, the national capital’s COVID-19 tally has risen to 2,007,102 while the death toll stands at 26,520.
A total of 2,642 tests were conducted on the previous day. Seventeen patients are admitted in hospitals while 19 are in home isolation. The number of active cases in the national capital currently stands at 27.
(with inputs from agencies)
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