CM Kejriwal to review COVID situation in Delhi

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal will convene a COVID review meeting today to monitor the current situation in the national capital. Deputy CM Manish Sisodia and health minister Satyendra Jain will also attend the meeting.

New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal will hold a meeting to review the COVID-19 situation at 1 pm on Saturday as the national capital has been witnessing an exponential rise in coronavirus cases. Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, who is also nodal minister for COVID-19 management, and Health Minister Satyendar Jain will also attend the meeting.

"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," the chief minister's office tweeted.

Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal to hold COVID review meet at 1 pm today

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Weekend curfew is currently underway in the national capital to arrest the spread of coronavirus. Amid the record surge in COVID-19 infections, the Delhi government on Thursday imposed a 'weekend curfew' (10 pm on Friday to 5 am on Monday) on the movement of individuals in the national capital territory till April 30 or further orders.

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Kejriwal appealed to the people to follow the weekend curfew in the national capital. Taking to Twitter, the Chief Minister said, "In the view of coronavirus, there is a curfew in Delhi today and tomorrow. Please follow it. We all have to defeat COVID-19 together."

On Friday, Delhi recorded the biggest single-day jump of 19,486 fresh COVID-19 cases and 141 deaths.

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With agency inputs