Central and Delhi governments act too late, too little

The number of COVID-19 cases are on a rapid rise with single day spike crossing the 11 thousand mark, the surge in cases shows that the government just had no preparation and strategy to prevent and control the pandemic

1. The rapid outbreak shows government did not prepare to fight the pandemic

Union Home Minister Amit Shah held an all-party meeting on the coronavirus crisis in Delhi to discuss the preparations to fight COVID-19

2. Amit Shah held an all party meeting to discuss the situation

The corona positive cases in Delhi reached 48112 with 2224 cases in a single day on Sunday and the collapsed healthcare system shows government is just not prepared to handle the crisis

3.The exhausting healthcare system shows that government did not plan ahead

Delhi Congress chief Anil Kumar s attended the all party meeting with Amit Shah and gave suggestions to fight the pandemic

4.Delhi Congress Chief attended the all party meeting

Kumar said the Congress has been giving positive suggestions for tackling the “deteriorating” situation of pandemic in Delhi.

5. Congress has been questioning the deteriorating situation in Delhi

Leaders from the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) apart from officials of Delhi government and the Centre also  attended the meeting.

6. Government did not act in time to prevent the pandemic

Shah held several meetings on the coronavirus situation in Delhi on Sunday, first with Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan and others, and later with the mayors and top officials of municipal bodies.

7.Amit Shah also held several meetings on Sunday to discuss Covid-19 situation

He then announced a series of measures to contain the spread of the virus in the national capital. On Twitter, Shah said that a comprehensive health survey of every person would be conducted in the containment zones to check the spread of coronavirus.

8.Amit Shah announced a series of measures to contain the spread of virus

“Testing for the infection will be doubled in the next two days in the capital and tripled in six days,” he added.

9.Amit Shah said, testing will be doubled in 2 days

Shah had also directed immediate transfer of four IAS officers to assist Delhi Government in the management of COVID-19. Accordingly, two officers from Andaman and Nicobar and two from Arunachal Pradesh were reassigned to New Delhi.

10. Four IAS officers have been transferred to Delhi

Kejriwal later said that the meeting with Shah was “very productive” and decisions were taken jointly after detailed discussions on key topics.

11. Kejriwal called the meeting very productive

In a statement, the Delhi government said that the Centre and the AAP dispensation has agreed on an immediate action plan to increase capacity of beds, increase testing and other important initiatives.

12.Central and Delhi government have agreed on an immediate action plan

The question is that why the central government and Delhi government acted only after thousands of lives are lost

13.Thousands of lives could be saved if government acted in time