Delhi to enter 6-day lockdown as Covid-19 worries increase

From Monday night

From Monday night, the Indian capital will be under a strict lockdown for six days, amid growing Covid-19 concerns. These include a lack of hospital beds and medical supplies to treat the growing number of people with coronavirus.

Delhi’s Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said in a public statement that healthcare services were at breaking point. He wrote that the city was “facing acute shortage of oxygen,” due to a spike in cases, and claimed that the city needed more supplies. He went on to state that “rather than increasing [medical] supply, our normal supply has been sharply reduced and Delhi’s quota has been diverted to other states.”

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