Number of Covid-19 containment zones in Delhi rises to 52

TIMESOFINDIA.COM | Updated: Apr 14, 2020, 20:45 IST

An EDMC worker sprays disinfectant outside a Covid-19 containment zone, in East Delhi on Tuesday.

NEW DELHI: The Delhi government on Tuesday declared shop No J-4/49, Khirki Extension, Pandit Mohalla and Jain Mohalla in Chirag Dilli, Bara Hindu Rao and Nawab Ganj and
C-2 Block of Janakpuri, as other containment zones. With this, the total number of containment zones in the capital now stands at 52.
Chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday had said that the number of containment zones in the national capital would be increased to control the increasing number of coronavirus cases.
"The number of containment zones will be increased in Delhi in the next two-three days. Also, we are starting a sanitisation drive on a large-scale in the red zones or containment zones," he had said during a daily press briefing.
Meanwhile, the chief minister had informed that 'Operation SHIELD' will be implemented in these containment areas. Sealing, home quarantine, isolation and tracking, essential supply, local sanitisation and door-to-door checking are the key aspects that come under Operation SHIELD.
(With inputs from ANI)