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* Update at 10.46am | Rapid testing for Covid-19 will be started as soon as the testing kits arrive. Testing will be first done in city's hotspots: Delhi health Minister Satyendra Jain
* Update at 10.41am | Till now, there are 669 Covid-19 cases, including 426 cases from Markaz, in Delhi: Health minister Satyendra Jain
* Update at 10.07am: Delhi lieutenant governor Anil Baijal and CM Arvind Kejriwal to hold a meeting with senior officials today. (ANI)
* Update at 9.06am: A doctor, a member of nursing staff and a sanitation worker at Delhi State Cancer Institute test positive for Covid-19, a total of 21 healthcare workers here have tested positive. The samples of 19 admitted patients also sent for testing. 45 hospital staff home quarantined. (ANI)
*Update at 7.41am: Delhi: Mayurdhwaj Apartments in I.P Extension and Lane No. 9 in Pandav Nagar have been declared as 'containment zones' by the Delhi government. All movements will be completely barred from the areas, to prevent the spread of coronavirus.
* Private labs add teeth to Delhi’s corona testing capabilities
If you need to get a test done for Covid-19 in Delhi, you can either go to a private laboratory, hospital or a government testing facility, where tests will be done for free, as per the order of the Supreme Court.
Delhi has eight private labs and seven government facilities approved for Covid-19 testing. Together, they have conducted 9,332 tests till date, in which 588 (6%) proved positive and 7,897 (85%) negative. The results of the remaining are awaited.
The number of tests being conducted is low because many of these labs received approval for testing only recently. Also, the criteria fixed by the government for testing for Covid-19 were initially restricted to people who had travelled abroad or had known contact with an infected individual. Now, anyone showing symptoms such as fever, dry cough and breathing difficulty can get tested if a qualified physician deems it necessary.
* 93 members of Tablighi test positive for Covid-19, Delhi count 669
As many as 93 members of Tablighi Jamaat, who were evacuated from a mosque in Nizamuddin last month, tested positive for Covid-19 on Wednesday, taking the state’s Covid-19 count to 669. Delhi has the third highest number of Covid-19 cases after Maharashtra (1,135) and Tamil Nadu (738).
Of the total cases, officials said, 64% are the Jamaat members who had participated in a religious congregation at Alami Markaz Banglewali Masjid.
Apart from the Tablighi Jamaat members, 214 persons found positive for Covid-19 have travel history and the reasons for infection among at least 29 others are still being investigated. “Local transmission has been observed in some areas, being referred to as Covid-19 hotspots. The government is aggressively tracing and testing anyone who may have contact with the infected individuals,” said an official.
* Update at 10.46am | Rapid testing for Covid-19 will be started as soon as the testing kits arrive. Testing will be first done in city's hotspots: Delhi health Minister Satyendra Jain
* Update at 10.41am | Till now, there are 669 Covid-19 cases, including 426 cases from Markaz, in Delhi: Health minister Satyendra Jain
* Update at 10.07am: Delhi lieutenant governor Anil Baijal and CM Arvind Kejriwal to hold a meeting with senior officials today. (ANI)
* Update at 9.06am: A doctor, a member of nursing staff and a sanitation worker at Delhi State Cancer Institute test positive for Covid-19, a total of 21 healthcare workers here have tested positive. The samples of 19 admitted patients also sent for testing. 45 hospital staff home quarantined. (ANI)
*Update at 7.41am: Delhi: Mayurdhwaj Apartments in I.P Extension and Lane No. 9 in Pandav Nagar have been declared as 'containment zones' by the Delhi government. All movements will be completely barred from the areas, to prevent the spread of coronavirus.
* Private labs add teeth to Delhi’s corona testing capabilities
If you need to get a test done for Covid-19 in Delhi, you can either go to a private laboratory, hospital or a government testing facility, where tests will be done for free, as per the order of the Supreme Court.
Delhi has eight private labs and seven government facilities approved for Covid-19 testing. Together, they have conducted 9,332 tests till date, in which 588 (6%) proved positive and 7,897 (85%) negative. The results of the remaining are awaited.
The number of tests being conducted is low because many of these labs received approval for testing only recently. Also, the criteria fixed by the government for testing for Covid-19 were initially restricted to people who had travelled abroad or had known contact with an infected individual. Now, anyone showing symptoms such as fever, dry cough and breathing difficulty can get tested if a qualified physician deems it necessary.
* 93 members of Tablighi test positive for Covid-19, Delhi count 669
As many as 93 members of Tablighi Jamaat, who were evacuated from a mosque in Nizamuddin last month, tested positive for Covid-19 on Wednesday, taking the state’s Covid-19 count to 669. Delhi has the third highest number of Covid-19 cases after Maharashtra (1,135) and Tamil Nadu (738).
Of the total cases, officials said, 64% are the Jamaat members who had participated in a religious congregation at Alami Markaz Banglewali Masjid.
Apart from the Tablighi Jamaat members, 214 persons found positive for Covid-19 have travel history and the reasons for infection among at least 29 others are still being investigated. “Local transmission has been observed in some areas, being referred to as Covid-19 hotspots. The government is aggressively tracing and testing anyone who may have contact with the infected individuals,” said an official.
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