Amit Shah chairs meet with Arvind Kejriwal, L-G Anil Baijal over Delhi COVID-19 situation

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New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah will hold an important meeting on Sunday (June 21) evening over COVID-19 situation in Delhi. The meeting will be attended by Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, Deputy CM Manish Sisodia, Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal and other officials will attend the meeting via video conferencing.

Shah has been regularly holding meetings over coronavirus situation in the national capital. 

Delhi on Saturday witnessed the highest single-day spike of 3,630 COVID-19 cases. In a bulletin, the Delhi government informed that there are 56,746 positive cases in the national capital.

Meanwhile, the Delhi government issued a revised order stating that the novel coronavirus patients who do not have comorbidities or require hospitalisation could opt for home isolation following withdrawal of the decision on five-day mandatory institutional quarantine.

An assessment will also be done to check whether adequate facilities like minimum two rooms and a separate toilet exist so that the family members and neighbours are protected and a cluster of cases does not develop in that locality, according to the order.

The order said the patients in home isolation should follow home isolation guidelines laid down by the Health Ministry and should stay in touch with healthcare providers so that if their condition deteriorates, they can be moved to the COVID hospitals.

Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal had directed on Friday five-day mandatory institutional quarantine for every coronavirus patient, but the decision was revoked on Saturday following stiff opposition from the AAP government. The development came after two meetings between the Delhi government and the Baijal.

The AAP government had contended that the mandatory institutional quarantine rule would be seriously harmful as the facilities would not be able to take the burden of the rising number of coronavirus cases.