'COVID-19 condition in Delhi worse than Mumbai, CM abdicated his duties': BJP MP Lekhi

BJP MP and National Spokesperson Meenakshi Lekhi on Thursday slammed Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal for his handling of Coronavirus pandemic and said that COVID-19 condition in national capital "is worse than Maharashtra". Lekhi also accused Kejriwal of abdicating his duties towards people of Delhi.

'He has abdicated his duties towards Delhi'

"COVID-19 condition in Delhi is worse than Maharashtra. We are competing with New York and or places where situation was really b. government allowed liquor sale and we saw how people were violating rms. Delhi Chief Minister has abdicated his duties towards Delhi," Lekhi alleged, according to ANI.

BJP Rajya Sabha MP Subramanian Swamy also attacked Kejriwal on Thursday saying  national capital has w become 'international shame' due to mismanment of state government in tackling COVID-19 pandemic. As Delhi became worst-hit city by COVID-19 and surpassed total tally of Mumbai, Swamy in an indirect reference to CM Kejriwal said that he wants Delhi to become "a shame of India". Subramanian Swamy h earlier also used term 'Shree 420' to hit out at Kejriwal. 

SOP modification for home isolation approved 

Meanwhile, Delhi Disaster Manment Authority has approved modification of SOP for home isolation for COVID-19 patients to meet twin objectives of containment of local spre and provision of timely medical care for COVID-positive cases to save precious lives, Delhi Lieutenant Goverr Anil Baijal said on Thursday. He took to Twitter and said that Health Department will deploy a robust surveillance mechanism for same.

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Home Minister Amit Shah held a meeting on June 21 to furr review and strengn surveillance mechanism for COVID-positive cases in Delhi to prevent spre of disease and provide timely medical care. He said it has been decided that all cases who test positive by rapid test for COVID-19 antigen will be examined by Medical Officer on duty at testing site to assess severity of illness.

After Maharashtra, Delhi is worst-affected state or union territory in India with 70,390 COVID-19 cases. Out of se, 26,588 are active, 41,437 have been cured/discharged/migrated and 2,365 persons have died.

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(With ncy inputs)