New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah will chair a meeting on Thursday via video conference with Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, to review the COVID-19 situation in Delhi-NCR.
The meeting is scheduled to commence at 4:30 pm. Earlier on Wednesday, Shah chaired a meeting with Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan, Cabinet Secretary and other top officials regarding the COVID-19 situation in his office.
Earlier, on June 30 Union Home Minister Amit Shah held a high-level meeting to discuss the COVID-19 situation in India. AIIMS Director Randeep Guleria, DG ICMR Balaram Bhargava, Dr VK Paul, and Union Home Secretary also attended this meeting.
The Home Minister reviewed the rising number of corona cases in Delhi and discussed the situation in Delhi's containment zones. Amit Shah also discussed with the team of doctors about steps being taken for the door to door testing in the containment areas.
The Home Minister also chaired a GoM (Group of Ministers) at North Block, in which FM Nirmala Sitaraman, Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar, Consumer Affairs Minister Ram Vilas Paswan, and Commerce Minister Piyush goyal were present.
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Similarly on June 12 he held a review meeting to discuss the Covid-19 crisis in Delhi, a week after he held a series of meetings with top Delhi government officials, including chief minister Arvind Kejriwal and L-G Anil Baijal.
After the meeting, the Aam Aadmi Party said that the state government is closely monitoring the Covid-19 situation in Delhi.
India's COVID-19 tally breached the 6 lakh cases mark with 19,148 new coronavirus cases being reported in the last 24 hours, informed the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Thursday.
With inputs from ANI.
