Published 14:00 IST, June 22nd 2020

'India fighting two wars with China- against virus and at border. Will win both': Kejriwal

Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal while addressing the state on Monday said that today India is fighting two wars against China - one at the border & other Coronavirus

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Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal while addressing state on Monday said that today India is fighting two wars against China. He said one of m is being fought at border and or one against virus which has been spread by country. Kejriwal said that as India's 20 brave soldiers did t back down while fighting Chinese, similarity, country will also t retreat and will both wars. 

'Our country is fighting two wars against China'

Kejriwal said, "We are fighting two wars against China- one against virus which has been sent by China and or one at border. Our doctors and nurses are fighting war against virus and our soldiers are fighting at border. We Indians stand with doctors and soldiers and we have to fight se wars toger. re should be politics in this. India needs to be united. Our soldiers did t back out and even we won't until we win both wars."

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Chief Minister informed that re has been three times increase in testing in national capital. "Earlier, it was 5,000 tests per day, w it is around 18,000 per day. w people will t face any issues in getting tested," he said.  "All those under home-isolation will be provided with pulse oximeters to measure your oxygen levels every few hours. Once you are well, you can return it to government," he added.

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re are 25,000 active COVID-19 cases in Delhi and around 12,000 people under home isolation, Kejriwal said. 2,175 deaths have been reported in national capital, according to Union Health Ministry. 

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14:00 IST, June 22nd 2020