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Delhi government imposed a weekend curfew in view of the Covid-19 situation, the curfew started on Friday at 10 pm and it will continue till 6 am on Monday.
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Coronavirus continues to wreak havoc in the capital as the city recorded the highest spike in Covid-19 cases on Friday.
According to the latest data, 19,486 fresh cases of Covdi-19 were reported in the last 24 hours while141 people succumbed to the virus.
Amid allegations of shortage of beds and ICU beds for Covid-19 patients, Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal is constantly monitoring the situation.
CM Kejriwal has called an Urgent High-Level Review Meeting amidst the emergency situation of Covid-19 in Delhi.
In this meeting, Nodal Minister of Covid Affairs Manish Sisodia, Health Minister Satyendar Jain and the rest of the administrative staff of the state will also be involved.
It is believed that if the weekend curfew does not contain the spread of Covid-19, then complete lockdown can be imposed in Delhi soon.
Chief Minister`s office in a tweet said, "To monitor the current situation of Corona in Delhi on a day-to-day basis, Hon`ble CM Shri Arvind Kejriwal will convene a review meeting on COVID management along with the nodal minister, health minister and officials at 1 PM today"
To monitor the current situation of Corona in Delhi on a day-to-day basis, Hon`ble CM Shri @ArvindKejriwal will convene a review meeting on COVID management along with the nodal minister, health minister and officials at 1 PM today.
— CMO Delhi (@CMODelhi) April 17, 2021
Later in the day, he will hold two separate virtual meetings with all the District Magistrates of Delhi as well as the Commissioners and Mayors of the three Municipal Corporations.
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