New Delhi, June 14: Union Home Minister Mr. Amit Shah on Sunday (June 14) directed immediate transfer of 6 Indian Administrative Services (IAS) officers from Centre, Arunachal Pradesh and Andaman & Nicobar to Delhi to assist in the COVID-19 management in the national capital.
Mr. Amit Shah took the decision while chairing a key meeting with the Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan, Delhi Chief Minister Mr. Arvind Kejriwal and Lieutenant Governor Mr. Anil Baijal amid rapid growth in coronavirus infections in Delhi.
Mr. Awanish Kumar and Ms. Monica Priyadarshini from Andaman & Nicobar, and Mr. Gaurav Singh Rajawat along with Mr. Vikram Singh Mallik from Arunachal Pradesh were transferred to New Delhi to assist GNCTD for management of COVID-19.
Here are some of the major decision taken by the MHA after today’s meeting:
1. 500 coaches to be made COVID-19 wards with 8,000 beds
2. Contact mapping across all containment zones
3. Coronavirus testing to be doubled in two days and tripled in six days
4. House to house survey and contract tracing will be carried out.
5. Aarogya Setu app to be made compulsory in containment zones in the national capital.
The meeting comes in the wake of a shocking number of COVID-19 cases in Delhi where the confirmed cases count has nearly touched 39,000 with over 1,200 people succumbing to the fatal virus.
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