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1 Construction work underway as part of the Central Vista Redevelopment Project, at Rajpath in New Delhi. PTI
Tribune News Service
New Delhi, May 10
The Delhi High Court on Monday agreed to hear on Tuesday a plea for early hearing of a petition seeking to stop construction work relating to the Central Vista redevelopment project in view of a sudden spike in COVID-19 cases.
“We are keeping it tomorrow,” a Bench led by Chief Justice DN Patel told senior advocate Siddharth Luthra after the latter mentioned it for early listing this morning.
The Central Vista redevelopment plan – which aims to free up 75-acre land in the heart of the capital – involves demolition of around 10 buildings, including Shastri Bhawan, Udyog Bhawan, Krishi Bhawan, Vigyan Bhawan, Vice-President’s House and Lok Nayak Bhawan.
COVID centre at gurdwara now functional
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200 staffers will work in 3 shifts once occupancy increases at Rakab Ganj facility
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Patients and healthcare workers at the COVID Care Centre at Rakab Ganj Gurdwara in Delhi on Monday.
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Shiv Kumar Pushpakar
200 staffers will work in 3 shifts once occupancy increases at Rakab Ganj facility
A 300-bed COVID Care Centre began functioning at Rakab Ganj Gurdwara in central Delhi on Monday afternoon and 24 people were admitted till 6 p.m., according to authorities.
Only people with an oxygen level (SPO2) of 85 and above can get admitted, which implies that serious patients will not be admitted. The treatment is free and there is no admission fee. Resultantly, there was no crowd at the centre and serious patients were being referred to Lok Nayak Hospital.
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1 Construction work underway as part of the Central Vista Redevelopment Project, at Rajpath in New Delhi. PTI
Tribune News Service
New Delhi, May 10
The Delhi High Court on Monday agreed to hear on Tuesday a plea for early hearing of a petition seeking to stop construction work relating to the Central Vista redevelopment project in view of a sudden spike in COVID-19 cases.
“We are keeping it tomorrow,” a Bench led by Chief Justice DN Patel told senior advocate Siddharth Luthra after the latter mentioned it for early listing this morning.
The Central Vista redevelopment plan – which aims to free up 75-acre land in the heart of the capital – involves demolition of around 10 buildings, including Shastri Bhawan, Udyog Bhawan, Krishi Bhawan, Vigyan Bhawan, Vice-President’s House and Lok Nayak Bhawan.
Hospitals across the city report thinner crowds as surge shows signs of weakening
The Capital reported 332 COVID-19 deaths in the past 24 hours, pushing the toll to 19,071 on Saturday. A total of 17,364 new infections were also reported during the same period, taking the tally to 13,10,231, according to a health bulletin released by the Delhi government. Of the total cases, 12,03,253 people have recovered and there are 87,907 active cases in the national capital.
A total of 74,384 tests were conducted in 24 hours. The test positivity rate was 23.34%. This means that about 23 out of 100 people tested turned out to be COVID-19 positive.
There was a sharp rise in test positivity rate from 3.5% on April 1 to 36.2% on April 22. The test positivity rate fell below 25% on May 6 and has stayed below the mark since. Decreasing test positivity rate is a good sign, said experts. The test positivity rate should be ideally below 5%.