Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has welcomed the Lockdown 2.0 announcement by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. In his reaction Kejriwal said Delhi would fully implement lockdown measures to contain the COVID-19 spread.
In a televised address to the nation on Tuesday morning, the prime minister announced that the current lockdown will be extended till May 3.
“Delhi will fully implement PM’s lockdown measures,” Kejriwal tweeted.
Delhi will fully implement PM’s lockdown measures
— Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) April 14, 2020
Modi said implementation of the lockdown will be strictly ensured in the coming days to ensure that the coronavirus does not spread to new areas.
Meanwhile Delhi Health Minister Satyender Jain was quoted BY ANI saying, We haven’t received the rapid testing kits yet. There is a great need for them. The central govt is about to receive the kits which have been imported, then we will get too. We will start working with it, the day we receive it.
Jain further stated, There are 47 ‘Red Zones’ in Delhi now. We’ve made the criteria more stringent now. Earlier an area used to be declared a ‘Red Zone’ if 10 or more positive cases were found there. Now,if 3 cases are found in an area it’ll be declared a ‘Red Zone’ & contained.
